Boehly is going to ruin Chelsea (hopefully)

Zehner said:
I think it will be pretty hard for him to feck up considering the amount of money he spends. He'll just buy in the expertise he needs if his spending doesn't pay off in the short term.

Plus I think the transfers were quite good if you ignore the price tags. It's of course crazy what kind of money Chelsea spends right now but they're bringing in lots of talented young players, no denying that.
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He already has brought in football people. From what I understand the January transfers were the beginnings of these targets. The idea is to get young, talented footballers in early. Spend big in the beginning and ideally only supplement it in the future. So the plan has never been to spend, spend some more and continue to spend in the future.

What you see with a lot of the media, which is ignorantly repeated by opposition fans, is everyone trying to find some correlation between the transfer in the summer and the transfers in the window. Now I understand from the outside it appears to be a case of “No PLaN, ScAttErGun HeRp DeRp” however anyone with an ounce of intelligence would do some research into it before spouting nonsense.

You effectively have 2 strategies to the windows. The first one was a matter of bringing bodies in. We lost key players for free due to the previous management system in place and in part down to being unable to negotiate under a ban. There was huge gaps in the squad and Tuchel and Marina managed to piss off some of the existing players into wanting to leave like Werner.

The mistake by Tuchel, which is being thrown onto Boehly for bizarre reasons, is trying to replace like for like players. We were under time constraints with the season starting and went for the best players available. So what happened is we effectively reduced the quality of the squad in order to find these clone players instead of taking the opportunity presented to rebuild in a new direction. This is in part why I would not accept Tuchel back, I get he has his fans but he chose the targets, he helped with negotiations even though he didn’t want to and gets no blame attributed to him. Of course the eventual fee’s weren’t up to him but it’s widely accepted this window was a massive failure.

The winter window is the real beginning. Aggressively targeting the best young players around in order to build a squad capable of challenging over the medium and long term. As I said previously if it works, our future spending will drop massively to 0-100(market dependent) a window or even per season. Clearly it’s got its draw backs, they are not a team and haven’t developed an understanding between them. It might just click, it might fail, unfortunately there’s no guarantees to anything at this time.

A lot of patience is required. There’s plenty of plans in the pipeline like stadium development, development of the women’s team and expansion of the brand. It’s not started great and right now it’s a wait and see project.
 
Rnd898 said:
We already have that though? The club's Sporting Director title is currently shared by two people in Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart. Winstanley was at Brighton for 8 years (2014-2022) and was hired by the club a couple months after Potter's arrival in November last year.

The Caf narrative seems to be that Potter had no input into the January signings and the board just forced a bunch of random players on him but Winstanley was present every step of the way when the club made those signings and he's someone Potter already worked closely with at Brighton for three years so chances are they drew up the transfer plans together.

You're right that a clear-out is definitely needed and a clear-out is also expected. The plan is not to go into next season with a squad as big as the one we currently have. Aubameyang, Pulisic, Ziyech, Azpilicueta are the most obvious ones on the chopping block but also out of Havertz, Mount, Gallagher, Kovacic, Kante, Zakaria, RLC, Koulibaly, Chalobah I wouldn't expect too many to still be at the club come next season. Some of the 9 players on the latter list will absolutely stay but I wouldn't be surprised to see at least 4-5 of them leaving. The decisions on which ones will leave and which ones end up staying will get clearer as we get to the end of the season and the summer window opens, and will depend on a multitude of factors like their suitability to the playing style, the player's contract situation and of course transfer interest from other clubs. Some of the players on the list would need replacing if they left but for many of them a long term replacement has already been brought in.

Aside from moving some players on for good it's also possible we'll trim down the squad by looking at some loan destinations for some of the younger lads (Hall, Chukwuemeka, D. Fofana) if the feeling is they'd benefit from regular first team football elsewhere. All in all, with permanent transfers and loans out counted together I would be surprised if we didn't cut do the squad size by at least ten players, which would even open up some room for a couple of new additions to come in.

Basically:

- Out of Koulibaly, Chalobah one should leave to make room for Colwill. Ideally and hopefully Koulibaly but if/when selling him proves difficult, I could see Chalobah being sold instead. Keeping Colwill is a must either way.

- Out of the six midfielders Zakaria, RLC, Gallagher, Kante, Kovacic, Mount I would think three will stay and three will go. Lots of moving parts here with only Gallagher currently contracted to the club beyond 2024 and Kante/Zakaria even expriring this year. Right now I would perhaps say Mount, Gallagher and Zakaria to go and the rest to stay, but a lot can change between now and the end of the season depending on how each of them perform and what happens with the contracts. Probably need to keep at least one of the HG lads to fill the quotas, for me it would be RLC as he looks the most comfortable playing in a two man midfield.

- Havertz should leave if we can find a buyer but I doubt we will.

- Auba, Pulisic, Ziyech and Azpi all should go. Everyone bar Auba has already been replaced in the January window, and the feeling is another striker will come in to replace Auba as well.

- At least one or two out of Hall, Chukwuemeka, D. Fofana should go on loan. Maybe loan out Broja as well if his ACL rehabilitation could benefit from regular game time and his comeback schedule allows for a summer move?
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I think it would be crazy to get rid of Ziyech and Mount. I think Ziyech could turn out like Salah. A left footed attacker who didn't really get a proper run. And Mount is just in poor form. Not hard to believe seeing as it's a different team playing each and every week.
 
SadlerMUFC said:
I think it would be crazy to get rid of Ziyech and Mount. I think Ziyech could turn out like Salah. A left footed attacker who didn't really get a proper run. And Mount is just in poor form. Not hard to believe seeing as it's a different team playing each and every week.
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Disagree on Ziyech. The man's been at Chelsea for almost three years now and played 100 games but apart from a few flashes he's never really shown any kind of consistency and whenever he's had a prolonged run of games as a starter he's gotten himself injured and completely lost his form again.

Ziyech's basically a one trick pony and his quality asset is cutting in from the right and whipping in a cross with his left foot, which granted he can do to a decent effect but when everyone basically knows what he'll try to do it can get quite predictable. He will turn 30 in a month so I very much doubt he can all of a sudden turn into a Mo Salah type world beater if he leaves. It's quite telling that the club's been trying to get rid of him for a while and even with the asking price being somewhat reasonable (£20M give or take) so far there's been no takers.

As for Mount, I would agree that he's just in poor form and playing +200 games in the last three seasons has certainly started to show in that he seems exhausted and for a player whose engine and pressing are his best attributes, being tired probably affects his performances more than it affects most other players. However, as I wrote in the Mount thread yesterday he's a bit of a problematic fit for the 4-2-3-1 formation which is what we've been using under Potter. He's not good enough in the defensive side of the game to play alongside Enzo as one of the deeper midfielders, but also for the number 10 role he's not quite creative enough and we also have Nkunku coming in who can and will play in that position. If we were to buy Felix on a permanent and also have Nkunku arriving, I don't see where Mount plays where we can get the most ouf of him.

Mount would shine best in a 4-3-3 as one of the two central midfielders but if that's not how we're going to play going forwards I'm not sure where he fits in, at least as a guaranteed starter. I would absolutely want to keep Mount but his contract is up in 2024 and we'll either have to give him a top salary (£240K/wk seems to be his demand) on a long term deal or sell him in the summer. Right now a sale would seem the most likely outcome but like I said, things can still change. Maybe we won't get Felix on a permanent, or maybe we won't even have Potter in charge going into next season and the next gaffer might fancy Mount more which could make a contract extension a bigger priority as it is now. Like I wrote in the Mount thread, I could easily see selling him to a rival coming back to haunt us but it's a tough situation right now with him.
 
Rnd898 said:
Disagree on Ziyech. The man's been at Chelsea for almost three years now and played 100 games but apart from a few flashes he's never really shown any kind of consistency and whenever he's had a prolonged run of games as a starter he's gotten himself injured and completely lost his form again.

Ziyech's basically a one trick pony and his quality asset is cutting in from the right and whipping in a cross with his left foot, which granted he can do to a decent effect but when everyone basically knows what he'll try to do it can get quite predictable. He will turn 30 in a month so I very much doubt he can all of a sudden turn into a Mo Salah type world beater if he leaves. It's quite telling that the club's been trying to get rid of him for a while and even with the asking price being somewhat reasonable (£20M give or take) so far there's been no takers.

As for Mount, I would agree that he's just in poor form and playing +200 games in the last three seasons has certainly started to show in that he seems exhausted and for a player whose engine and pressing are his best attributes, being tired probably affects his performances more than it affects most other players. However, as I wrote in the Mount thread yesterday he's a bit of a problematic fit for the 4-2-3-1 formation which is what we've been using under Potter. He's not good enough in the defensive side of the game to play alongside Enzo as one of the deeper midfielders, but also for the number 10 role he's not quite creative enough and we also have Nkunku coming in who can and will play in that position. If we were to buy Felix on a permanent and also have Nkunku arriving, I don't see where Mount plays where we can get the most ouf of him.

Mount would shine best in a 4-3-3 as one of the two central midfielders but if that's not how we're going to play going forwards I'm not sure where he fits in, at least as a guaranteed starter. I would absolutely want to keep Mount but his contract is up in 2024 and we'll either have to give him a top salary (£240K/wk seems to be his demand) on a long term deal or sell him in the summer. Right now a sale would seem the most likely outcome but like I said, things can still change. Maybe we won't get Felix on a permanent, or maybe we won't even have Potter in charge going into next season and the next gaffer might fancy Mount more which could make a contract extension a bigger priority as it is now. Like I wrote in the Mount thread, I could easily see selling him to a rival coming back to haunt us but it's a tough situation right now with him.
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I think Mount is simply burned out unfortunately, he hasn't had a proper break since 2019 (lockdown doesn't count). The worst thing about this is it will give people a chance to claim they were always right about him (which they weren't, he was very good for his first year then excellent for 18 months).

Inadvertently James' injuries will probably help him heading into his mid to late 20s.
 
Rnd898 said:
Disagree on Ziyech. The man's been at Chelsea for almost three years now and played 100 games but apart from a few flashes he's never really shown any kind of consistency and whenever he's had a prolonged run of games as a starter he's gotten himself injured and completely lost his form again.

Ziyech's basically a one trick pony and his quality asset is cutting in from the right and whipping in a cross with his left foot, which granted he can do to a decent effect but when everyone basically knows what he'll try to do it can get quite predictable. He will turn 30 in a month so I very much doubt he can all of a sudden turn into a Mo Salah type world beater if he leaves. It's quite telling that the club's been trying to get rid of him for a while and even with the asking price being somewhat reasonable (£20M give or take) so far there's been no takers.

As for Mount, I would agree that he's just in poor form and playing +200 games in the last three seasons has certainly started to show in that he seems exhausted and for a player whose engine and pressing are his best attributes, being tired probably affects his performances more than it affects most other players. However, as I wrote in the Mount thread yesterday he's a bit of a problematic fit for the 4-2-3-1 formation which is what we've been using under Potter. He's not good enough in the defensive side of the game to play alongside Enzo as one of the deeper midfielders, but also for the number 10 role he's not quite creative enough and we also have Nkunku coming in who can and will play in that position. If we were to buy Felix on a permanent and also have Nkunku arriving, I don't see where Mount plays where we can get the most ouf of him.

Mount would shine best in a 4-3-3 as one of the two central midfielders but if that's not how we're going to play going forwards I'm not sure where he fits in, at least as a guaranteed starter. I would absolutely want to keep Mount but his contract is up in 2024 and we'll either have to give him a top salary (£240K/wk seems to be his demand) on a long term deal or sell him in the summer. Right now a sale would seem the most likely outcome but like I said, things can still change. Maybe we won't get Felix on a permanent, or maybe we won't even have Potter in charge going into next season and the next gaffer might fancy Mount more which could make a contract extension a bigger priority as it is now. Like I wrote in the Mount thread, I could easily see selling him to a rival coming back to haunt us but it's a tough situation right now with him.
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I thought Ziyech was like 22 tops :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
Dancfc said:
As i said in the above post for the system we play (or atleast are trying to play) my ideal player would be someone in the mould of Eidur Gudjohnsen. He in his prime would be perfect for the systems we've been playing since Sarri.

I don't think some poaching number 9 will make us any better, I've already seen this story with both Lukaku and Auba (who both arrived off the back of good scoring season), the chances they were suppose to come in and finish off we don't create anymore because we effectively lose one man in the build up (and in Lukaku's case does nothing off the ball which takes away our ability to press effectively).

Re Osimhen I don't think there's a snowball in hells chance he leaves this summer, as a Chelsea fan I can tell you their president makes Levy look like a decent negotiator. Their star striker after a title winning season? Neymar/Mbappe figures, at best.
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Quite a few teams manage to create plenty without relying much on a no 9 being a big part of the buildup.
 
One move that kind of epitomises the current issues is David Datro Fofana - the striker signed from Molde in January.

You look at the Chelsea roster, and ask yourself; "Why?"

Fofana is a pure striker.There is currently one spot for a striker in the lineup. Already present is Havertz, Broja, Aubameyang, Felix and Madueke. Broja is injured of course, but that still leaves 5 strikers. Injuries aside, you really need just 2, if you're going to field a reasonably stable XI. Where does he rank among those 5? Arguably 5th, certainly not higher than 3rd. Which is to say, from an immediate perspective he's not needed.

But maybe it's for the longer term? First thing to note here is that come off-season, there's another top striker coming in (Nkunku). Several of the current strikers may be moved on, but how likely is it Fofana is going to be the second best among those who remain, or even the third best? Of course, several of these players can also play in other positions, but the other attacking positions are already way overcrowded too. So in short, why exactly did Chelsea buy this player? How does he fit into the plan, and why was it necessary to bring him in at this point in time?
 
justsomebloke said:
One move that kind of epitomises the current issues is David Datro Fofana - the striker signed from Molde in January.

You look at the Chelsea roster, and ask yourself; "Why?"

So in short, why exactly did Chelsea buy this player? How does he fit into the plan, and why was it necessary to bring him in at this point in time?
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Boehly has 7-8 years to figure that out considering the length of their contracts.
 
sglowrider said:
Boehly has 7-8 years to figure that out considering the length of their contracts.
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Yeah well, he doesn't. Because carrying players in the squad for which there is no real need is a problem for the team and also a problem for the development of the player. After a couple of seasons of that, there's nothing left to figure out - Fofana will by then be a PL failure on a long contract who will be difficult to give away.

He can be loaned out of course, but why bring in a player for that purpose when you already have a badly bloated squad, obvious cohesion issues and are breaking transfer spending records?
 
justsomebloke said:
One move that kind of epitomises the current issues is David Datro Fofana - the striker signed from Molde in January.

You look at the Chelsea roster, and ask yourself; "Why?"

Fofana is a pure striker.There is currently one spot for a striker in the lineup. Already present is Havertz, Broja, Aubameyang, Felix and Madueke. Broja is injured of course, but that still leaves 5 strikers. Injuries aside, you really need just 2, if you're going to field a reasonably stable XI. Where does he rank among those 5? Arguably 5th, certainly not higher than 3rd. Which is to say, from an immediate perspective he's not needed.

But maybe it's for the longer term? First thing to note here is that come off-season, there's another top striker coming in (Nkunku). Several of the current strikers may be moved on, but how likely is it Fofana is going to be the second best among those who remain, or even the third best? Of course, several of these players can also play in other positions, but the other attacking positions are already way overcrowded too. So in short, why exactly did Chelsea buy this player? How does he fit into the plan, and why was it necessary to bring him in at this point in time?
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Felix and Madueke aren't pure strikers? Like at all? Felix is a 10/second striker (hence why he played behind Fofana at the weekend) and Madueke is as pure of a right winger as you'll ever see.

Aubameyang is obviously out of favour and will depart in the summer by all accounts, and as you say Broja is out for the year. Fofana should get plenty of minutes rotating with Havertz.
 
TheMagicFoolBus said:
Felix and Madueke aren't pure strikers? Like at all? Felix is a 10/second striker (hence why he played behind Fofana at the weekend) and Madueke is as pure of a right winger as you'll ever see.

Aubameyang is obviously out of favour and will depart in the summer by all accounts, and as you say Broja is out for the year. Fofana should get plenty of minutes rotating with Havertz.
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Oops, you're right about Madueke, my bad. Felix however is definitely primarily a striker. He can of course play as a no 10 instead, but then there's the knock-on - that would mean none of Gallagher, Loftus-Cheek or Mount gets to play much in that position, and two of them will hardly play at all. Then of course you could push Gallagher or Mount down to the midfield pairing, but that's already pretty full, with Kovacic, Chukwuemeka, Zakaria and Fernandez, plus Kante once he returns. Whichever way you cut it, if you make room for Fofana, there's someone probably better than him who sits instead. So, unless he's a better striker than Felix, why would you do that?

And longer term, there's still Nkunku coming in.
 
justsomebloke said:
Oops, you're right about Madueke, my bad. Felix however is definitely primarily a striker. He can of course play as a no 10 instead, but then there's the knock-on - that would mean none of Gallagher, Loftus-Cheek or Mount gets to play much in that position, and two of them will hardly play at all. Then of course you could push Gallagher or Mount down to the midfield pairing, but that's already pretty full, with Kovacic, Chukwuemeka, Zakaria and Fernandez, plus Kante once he returns. Whichever way you cut it, if you make room for Fofana, there's someone probably better than him who sits instead. So, unless he's a better striker than Felix, why would you do that?

And longer term, there's still Nkunku coming in.
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You’ve got it the wrong way around with Felix, he isn’t primarily a striker. He’s a 10 who can also play striker but it isn’t his best position
 
Tarrou said:
You’ve got it the wrong way around with Felix, he isn’t primarily a striker. He’s a 10 who can also play striker but it isn’t his best position
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33 of his last 50 appearances have been as a striker, only 7 as a #10.
 
justsomebloke said:
Whatever. That just moves the problem to a different area.
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Not really - the only competition for that spot really is Mount and it's obvious that Felix is miles ahead of him. RLC and Gallagher aren't 10s (even if Gallagher should ideally be playing there for a team that has less of the ball).
 
CF: Havertz, D. Fofana, Aubameyang (+ Broja as long term injured)
LW: Mudryk, Sterling, Pulisic
10: Felix, Mount (+ Nkunku next season)
RW: Madueke, Ziyech

That's basically where we're at right now. I'm like 99% certain none of Aubameyang, Pulisic and Ziyech are still going to be around come next season. Whether we're going to redeem Felix on a permanent deal is still open and also it's unclear whether Mount will continue with us or not. Either way I would expect the club to have only one of those two for next season, and it's also possible we'll have neither if Mount leaves and we don't buy Felix.

If we were to count out the 'deadwood trio' and one of Felix/Mount, it would already cut down the amount of attacking players from 12 to 8 for four positions in the team. We're almost certain to buy another striker in the summer which would raise it up to 9 players so basically just one more than the optimal amount (2 players per position). I think it's likely at least one of Broja/Fofana will head on loan next season so back to 7-8 players.

As for why D. Fofana was signed in the first place, it's clearly a part of a longer term plan of hoarding promising youngsters and seeing who will cut it at the required level. Gabriel Slonina, Carney Chukwuemeka, Cesare Casadei, Andrey Santos and Datro Fofana all fit the same profile of being young and 'highly rated' but not necessarily ready for an immediate impact in our first team. If/when the owners decide to go through with the reported multi-club model, whichever club they end up buying is a very likely destination to send some of these players on loan to. Like I've said before, I'm personally not a fan of any multi-club shite but I don't think my opinion will matter too much on what the club actually decide to do...
 
TheMagicFoolBus said:
Not really - the only competition for that spot really is Mount and it's obvious that Felix is miles ahead of him. RLC and Gallagher aren't 10s (even if Gallagher should ideally be playing there for a team that has less of the ball).
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Okay, so then we keep passing the buck. :) That leaves, AFAICS, 7 players for the central midfield pairing - Kante, Kovacic, RLC, Chukwuemeka, Gallagher, Zakaria and Fernandez. Unless Mount is supposed to play a bit there too, instead of being exclusively a backup for Felix at 10 (which Havertz could also do), in which case there's 8. You can give meaningful playing time to 4 of them.

I realise we've now wandered off the original point, which was what's the use of signing David Datro Fofana. The answer to which is apparently "a little more than you thought". But it still stands that you can only resolve playing time issues in one position by making them even worse in another.
 
justsomebloke said:
Okay, so then we keep passing the buck. :) That leaves, AFAICS, 7 players for the central midfield pairing - Kante, Kovacic, RLC, Chukwuemeka, Gallagher, Zakaria and Fernandez. Unless Mount is supposed to play a bit there too, instead of being exclusively a backup for Felix at 10 (which Havertz could also do), in which case there's 8. You can give meaningful playing time to 4 of them.

I realise we've now wandered off the original point, which was what's the use of signing David Datro Fofana. The answer to which is apparently "a little more than you thought". But it still stands that you can only resolve playing time issues in one position by making them even worse in another.
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Oh sure I don't disagree with you at all - it's definitely true that Chelsea need a clear out and that odds are it'll happen this summer. Personally think all the Mount contract negotiations are a smokescreen and that he'll be one to leave - could see him fitting in very nicely at Liverpool annoyingly.

If I had to guess right now, I'd say Aubameyang, Pulisic, Ziyech, Gallagher, Mount, Azpilicueta, and Mendy will all leave this summer. I'm sure we'd like to sell Koulibaly and Lukaku but I'm guessing that'll prove overly burdensome. Chukwuemeka, Casadei, Lukaku, and maybe Broja to go on loan?

That'd leave us with 5 CMs by my count - Enzo, Kante, Kovacic, Zakaria (if we exercise the purchase clause), and RLC. Don't think that's excessive given Kante's injury history.
 
TheMagicFoolBus said:
Oh sure I don't disagree with you at all - it's definitely true that Chelsea need a clear out and that odds are it'll happen this summer. Personally think all the Mount contract negotiations are a smokescreen and that he'll be one to leave - could see him fitting in very nicely at Liverpool annoyingly.

If I had to guess right now, I'd say Aubameyang, Pulisic, Ziyech, Gallagher, Mount, Azpilicueta, and Mendy will all leave this summer. I'm sure we'd like to sell Koulibaly and Lukaku but I'm guessing that'll prove overly burdensome. Chukwuemeka, Casadei, Lukaku, and maybe Broja to go on loan?

That'd leave us with 5 CMs by my count - Enzo, Kante, Kovacic, Zakaria (if we exercise the purchase clause), and RLC. Don't think that's excessive given Kante's injury history.
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Agree, that seems reasonable. Also some tough choices at LB, though maybe the logical solution is to loan out Hall? With 5 MCs, chances are at least one is going to see very limited action - wouldn't it make more sense to keep Chukwuemeka rather than one of RLC or Kovacic?
 
justsomebloke said:
Agree, that seems reasonable. Also some tough choices at LB, though maybe the logical solution is to loan out Hall? With 5 MCs, chances are at least one is going to see very limited action - wouldn't it make more sense to keep Chukwuemeka rather than one of RLC or Kovacic?
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Chukwuemeka is a bit of an awkward fit right now - he seems very much in the Mount mould of a sort of 8/10 hybrid player at the moment. Personally I just think he needs minutes at his age - so I'd rather see him go on loan and play regularly to aid his development.

Hands up that I totally forgot about Hall! A loan would make sense for him too - especially if Maatsen is coming back. If Burnley want a replacement for Maatsen, honestly I could see that working out well for all parties...
 
If they don’t get into Europe this season, given the many holes in the squad and amount of future ‘FFP allowed’ investments they’ve already made, they’re fecked, aren’t they?
 
ThierryHenry said:
If they don’t get into Europe this season, given the many holes in the squad and amount of future ‘FFP allowed’ investments they’ve already made, they’re fecked, aren’t they?
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They should be yeah. But it's Chelsea. They excel at finding loopholes in the system. Whatever happened to the 100 or so players they had out on loan? Time to cash in on all of them yet?
 
The reality is Ted Lasso syndrome is now spreading to any US owner who currently owns a PL club or wants to own one, I mean he wanted an all star game North against south do we really need to say anymore?
 
This plonker named himself football director after taking over.
 
ThierryHenry said:
If they don’t get into Europe this season, given the many holes in the squad and amount of future ‘FFP allowed’ investments they’ve already made, they’re fecked, aren’t they?
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Let’s let them worry about it. The rest of us can just enjoy the Boehly project!

It’s actually a fascinating case study of how you can spend £600m and still look rubbish. That’s quite an achievement.
 
"When you take over any business you just have to make sure you’re aligned with the people who are operating the business. I think Tuchel is obviously extremely talented and someone who had great success with Chelsea. Our vision for the club was finding a manager who really wanted collaborate with us, a coach who really wanted to collaborate."

Did Potter collaborate with him and the team? :rolleyes:
 
Woziak said:
The reality is Ted Lasso syndrome is now spreading to any US owner who currently owns a PL club or wants to own one, I mean he wanted an all star game North against south do we really need to say anymore?
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there's a story that he pitched a 4-4-3 formation to Tuchel in one of their early meetings. Now that obviously sounds like unbelievable nonsense, but since it's Boehly ... who knows.
 
ThierryHenry said:
If they don’t get into Europe this season, given the many holes in the squad and amount of future ‘FFP allowed’ investments they’ve already made, they’re fecked, aren’t they?
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Will be a nightmare with that squad size also having no Europe, that's a LOT of players who would be getting next to zero game time next season.
 
I mean, surely top 4 is absolutely gone at this stage. There's a very real chance of no Europe whatsoever next season, or worse, the conference thingy.

That HAS to have an impact surely? Then again, the spend to date has been so outside of any bounds of economic reality, why would they start now?
 
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Sacking Tuchel was a Woodward worthy decision. Well done Todd, no enemy of Chelsea could've done better!
 
Thought it was a bit self-serving by Potter or whomever said it couple of days ago that the pre-season under Tuchel was so horrible for the players.
 
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