If only being best in the league only based on few games, everyone will be in the same category.
Ben Chilwell to Chelsea
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If only being best in the league only based on few games, everyone will be in the same category.
£85m for Chilwell? The world will have truly gone mad if Chelsea pay that. All i can say is whenever Utd play Leicester, I'm licking my lips if Rashford/Martial get up against him.
Chilwell is shit 
hats off to Leicester if they get £80m for this guy
at least it will make us feel a bit better about getting ripped off for Maguire
at least it will make us feel a bit better about getting ripped off for Maguire
Never thought he's more than just a 7-8/10 fullback. In a normal situation with homegrown and tv money premium he'd cost £60-70m, I think. So maybe 50-55 this summer?
We won't pay that, we'll move on to Tagliafico if Leicester don't budge, which hopefully they won't.
No you're right, ABU brigade. Same bell ends who call Fred & Maguire shite.
Wondering where all the people are that were adamant that Chillwell and Tierney were who we needed to replace Shaw cause Shaw was supposedly terrible. Easily been better than both of them this season but honestly if Chelsea were even considering paying 80mil for this loon it would be a bigger screw job than what Sanchez‘s agent did to us.
40 mil maybe at most but even then that would be a lot. Average attacker who can’t defend.
40 mil maybe at most but even then that would be a lot. Average attacker who can’t defend.
Chelsea should go for Tagliafico instead. Much cheaper and he's better than Chilwell imo.
Let's not be silly he's a good player and still pretty young. I'd certainly take him at United but not at that price as we aren't that desperate in that area of the pitch.
Yes we paid over the top for Maguire but we really needed a centre half and he fitted the profile exactly and has improved our defence no end. Liverpool had also pushed the market up for CBs by paying a huge sum for VVD just before.
Yes we paid over the top for Maguire but we really needed a centre half and he fitted the profile exactly and has improved our defence no end. Liverpool had also pushed the market up for CBs by paying a huge sum for VVD just before.
I wouldn't go that far, as overrated as Chilwell is he'll have his moments and contribute, you guys would have been better off signing literally any PL winger instead of Alexis all things considered.
If i was going to compare this signing to a recent one from United Lukaku would be more apt, decent, PL proven but ultimately overpriced, will never be PL/CL challenging quality and we'll be looking for an upgrade within two years.
Span over few years. And I have godly scouting ability.
They're playing opposite side.
And all best teams, span over decades of football era, need at least one attacking fullback. We need one if want to get back to be among best team.
Chelsea has the right idea, and Chilwell fits in that slot.
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Guy probably meant Sancho
Sancho plays for United?
If by saying that it'll make you feel better then so be it. Believe what you want to believe.
Don't think there's a chance in hell our board would go near that price for Chilwell. With the exception of Kepa who was an emergency/panic signing due to Courtois being a cnut, we just don't pay those sort of monster fees. Sounds weird to say about Chelsea but we are much more sensible about high fees these days. It seems like the max price bracket we ever go to is ~£50m (Morata, Jorginho, Werner). Some of our biggest players in recent years have had release clauses.
I really rate Chilwell and would love him in a Chelsea shirt. But nah, no chance are we paying 80m or more. Thinking about Reece James and Chilwell bombing down either flank together with Werner/Pulisic/Ziyech/CHO is mouthwatering, though.
I really rate Chilwell and would love him in a Chelsea shirt. But nah, no chance are we paying 80m or more. Thinking about Reece James and Chilwell bombing down either flank together with Werner/Pulisic/Ziyech/CHO is mouthwatering, though.
English tax has to stop being a thing
Unless Leicester are badly affected financially then he won't be sold for less than £50m considering how much we paid Palace for AWB last season.
I'm with you on this one. Think he's pretty average. Danny mills/Stephen Warnock vibes.Chilwell is shit
If you want to spend that sort of money, you bid for A.Davies. As bona-fide a world-class talent as you can find. Plays the same position as well.
A superior player. Just does everything right.
A superior player. Just does everything right.
If I'm Chelsea, I'd be looking to prise David Alaba from Bayern instead.
Yeah I'm aware he's a left back, that's why i said 'if'.
The way I see it is, if you're going to be an attacking full-back at a top team, you better be world class going forward to make up for being a target defensively.
Attacking fullback quality to me is Marcelo, Cole, Lahm, Maicon, Alba, Evra etc... those would be worth £85m+ sure.
Chilwell isn't even close to that bracket.
Imo we've got two who are better than him already.
I don't know about you but having two full-backs who are both capable of shutting down world class attackers is exciting to me, and it's not like Shaw or AWB are slouches on the ball either.
AWB is a former winger who was starting to put in some attacking displays before the break.
And in Shaw's case he's just as talented on the ball as Chilwell is easily. His Watford assist to Rashford springs to mind straight away.
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I’d be surprised if he went for that. I don’t know much about Leicester’s finances but I can guarantee they’ve lost money during the Coronavirus like every other club.
It’s a totally different climate now for transfers. Last year in the Maguire saga, Leicester didn’t need the cash, this year they could and if they have a cheaper replacement lined up I could see him going for far less than 80 mill. Depends how the owners business in Thailand and the club’s finances have been hit I guess.
Robertson and Digne are comfortably better than Chilwell atm.
Let's hope they come to a agreement with Leicester..
In my opinion, he is a grossly overvalued player - 75 million!
He is a decent left-back - better than Luke Shaw and Marcos Alonso, but at 75 million, Chelsea could get a prime Ashley Cole instead. The 'English factor' alone seems to add 10-15 million to most high-profile transfers - ridiculous.
He is a decent left-back - better than Luke Shaw and Marcos Alonso, but at 75 million, Chelsea could get a prime Ashley Cole instead. The 'English factor' alone seems to add 10-15 million to most high-profile transfers - ridiculous.
You could pick a random Full Back from other Leagues for 1/3 the fee and not 1/3 the quality.
What makes him deserves 80m+?
What makes him deserves 80m+?
I’ll be amazed if they pay anything like £70-80 mill, surely not.
He's probably about as good a LB as Maguire is a CB, so I understand why they'd ask £80m.
Hopefully Chelsea don’t pay that much. Transfers fees will never get back to normal if clubs just continue to pay these ridiculous sums. This isn’t a pick on Chelsea thing because we’re extremely guilty of doing it too.
What I foresee happening in the future is agents doing what shitbag did with Halaand and putting in reasonable release clauses or the player doesn’t sign, which again creates its own problems.
What I foresee happening in the future is agents doing what shitbag did with Halaand and putting in reasonable release clauses or the player doesn’t sign, which again creates its own problems.
Well no. I hope Chelsea gets absolutely rinsed for the player
You could get so many options like we had for Maguire. Like us, Chelsea will also get rinsed .
Seriously neither Maguire or Chilwel is worth what's being quoted.
Seriously neither Maguire or Chilwel is worth what's being quoted.
No he is not - Maguire is a bit of pace away from being one of the best defenders in the world. Chilwell is a very good left back, but he is he at least one level behind the 2 best right-backs in England for instance, and we got one of them for about £50 million.
If we got 80 mil to spend id rather it be for havertz thanks. Or even if for a full back offer it to bayern for davis.
Yeah, but pace is one of those things you don't just come into by moving to a bigger club or playing with better teammates. As such, it'll likely always hold him back from hitting the heights of a Rio/Vidic where we can say with confidence we're unlikely to find a better defender at any point in his career, yet we still spent £80 mil on him. Harry's still very good, as is Chilwell.
They'll both feature prominently for England and I think it's fairly common to pay premiums for left footed players, so you can understand why Leicester would ask for a similar price.
Wages are just a big of a problem, arguably an even bigger problem.
Most of our turnover is spent on wages, and its only player sales that are making the books balanced.
So in my view if transfer fee's get capped then so should wages.
Imagine what if they pay £80m for Chilwell and we get Sancho for the same amount
I like Shaw more as he is better defensively and can slot at that LCB spot.
I’d have been surprised if Real Madrid bid £80m for Robertson. But it would be halfway justified.
£80m for Chilwell is nonsensical.
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