Matic was a massive miss for you last season and on the whole did very well for us though
Chelsea 2018/19 - 3rd and European Champions. Sarri, not sorry
- Thread starter duffer
- Start date
Matic was a massive miss for you last season and on the whole did very well for us though
The rumour was first reported at Daily Express. Enough said.
Unless £50m includes wages over the whole of his contract too would be crazy. Far too expensive. He's 32 in a month, who knows how he'll decline.
But the main point is the media span that narrative from the off and for the first month or so Bakayoko was actually playing well.
Hope f....ing not. Bring back the batman, I propose.
Really?
CL qualification
Cavani even at 31 would be an excellent signing.
I would rather bring no one in than Bats, the guy is crap.
Cavani is 32 next month and his biggest attributes are all physical - no thanks! Had he been 27/28 it would have been an ideal signing but we don’t have the money to throw away on an older player. Hilarious too that we are linked with him when we are refusing to offer Fab a longer than 1 year contract so he’s off to Monaco for pennies 
Had enough of these mid tier purchases, too. Instead of buying £200m of shit we could have bought 2 almost world class level players at a good age and then used academy for backups. Total shambles from Marina and the board tbh.
Had enough of these mid tier purchases, too. Instead of buying £200m of shit we could have bought 2 almost world class level players at a good age and then used academy for backups. Total shambles from Marina and the board tbh.
Cavani is 32 next month and his biggest attributes are all physical - no thanks! Had he been 27/28 it would have been an ideal signing but we don’t have the money to throw away on an older player. Hilarious too that we are linked with him when we are refusing to offer Fab a longer than 1 year contract so he’s off to Monaco for pennies
Had enough of these mid tier purchases, too. Instead of buying £200m of shit we could have bought 2 almost world class level players at a good age and then used academy for backups. Total shambles from Marina and the board tbh.
We have not signed Cavani. Don't get worked up over a Daily Express story.
Go to any game and check the mood at the moment of the fans towards the board. Everytime we look set to push on and become a truly elite European side again ala 2004-2009, our board shit the bed and we have to play catch up for a season or 2.
The reason I’m worried about Cavani isn’t due to an article in the press, it’s because our board have proven themselves to be very capable of being useless and this stinks of the type of deal we would make.
Chelsea won't sign a better striker than Cavani this month. He's still a very good player.
He’s the ideal striker in terms of what he does, but being a purely physical player and approaching 32, it would be money not well spent.
Dunno why they loaned Pulisic back to Dortmund, they need him now.
What are you talking about?
We don't have a striker at the moment. Of course we would do very well to land Cavani.
I don't know why you're being so picky about age when we have Morata starting for us.
Last edited:
Maybe that's the only way they could have signed him?
Surely rather Cavani than Higuain. And surely either than Morata.
He's still in top physical shape. I don't see the problem. I really rate him. Don't think there's a better striker in Europe at working the channels.
I’m talking about being in the exact same situation we are in now if we sign him in a years time potentially. When a player is who he is pretty much purely down to physical attributes like Cavani, they can drop off a cliff inside 6months.
Are you failing to grasp the idea of £50m for a 32year old plus insane wages when we don’t offer our own players contract extensions over a year long once they are over 30 being a bit silly?
It’s all well and good having a workhorse who runs channels well, makes good runs and their own chances due to their movement, but once they can’t move as effectively or batter the cbs as much, they go from workhorse to donkey
I know what you're saying, but I don't think you appreciate the situation we have been in for the past few months. Also I'm not the accountant for the club. I just want to see my team play with a striker. I think fans nowadays are too invested in the financial aspect of transfers as if they are actually in charge of it. I blame football manager!
No need to get too worked up over Cavani. We know the club aren't going to spend £50m on transfer fees alone on a 32 year old. All our big transfer business recently has been for young players with resale value. If there is any basis whatsoever to this story it's probably only us picking up the phone to PSG and them quoting us a stupid price.
It's probably just made up for clicks though..
Hopefully we will get news soon though on some real transfers and if anything is happening with Morata.
It's probably just made up for clicks though..
Hopefully we will get news soon though on some real transfers and if anything is happening with Morata.
and we certainly wont in a January window. Garbage rumour.
Still Blows my mind that they sold Costa
I think they'll try and sign Icardi from Inter.
What could we do? He was deadset on leaving and a Costa with his mind elsewhere is truly awful, he got so bad at the end it got to the point some Chelsea fans genuinely wondered if he was doing it on purpose. And look at him this season, 1 league goal all season long and kicking up a fuss about going to China.
A Costa with his head in the game is world class, a destracted Costa is even worse than our current two.
Was of the opinion that he wanted to stay and was forced out by conte. That's the impression I was given. Apologies if I was wrong
https://www.skysports.com/watch/vid.../8216chelsea-recruitment-policy-confusing8217
Interesting opinion on Chelsea from the Guardian journo and mirrors my own thoughts on them in many ways, 12 months on and they don't look like they've actually progressed, just a purple patch at the start of the season and Sarriball which had everyone temporarily forget about their underlining issues. Looking at their squad they're still a one man side while their summer recruitment I actually think was poor and has actually made them even worse than last season (worse off in the keeper position, and Kante being asked to play an unfamiliar role rather than the one he excels in)
More than one Chelsea fan here tonight though seem to feel it's a given they're about to have a good January window?
Interesting opinion on Chelsea from the Guardian journo and mirrors my own thoughts on them in many ways, 12 months on and they don't look like they've actually progressed, just a purple patch at the start of the season and Sarriball which had everyone temporarily forget about their underlining issues. Looking at their squad they're still a one man side while their summer recruitment I actually think was poor and has actually made them even worse than last season (worse off in the keeper position, and Kante being asked to play an unfamiliar role rather than the one he excels in)
More than one Chelsea fan here tonight though seem to feel it's a given they're about to have a good January window?
Chelsea are one point behind Tottenham, have put on very strong and elite performances against the two best sides in the league, and have done this without a prolific goal scorer in the side. It’s fair to say that Sarri is neither underperforming or overperforming. Transforming this Chelsea side was always going to be a long process.
Also too little credit is given to the improvements that have been made to the defensive side.
Hard to see Chelsea strengthening enough to guarantee a top 4 spot in January. Expecting a big summer from them and United though.
We're 1 point behind 3rd and 6 points ahead of 5th. We don't need to do that many transfers. A proper striker and someone to replace Fabregas and we will be fine.
Defensively we've been very good. Jorginho still settling in. Kante adapting to new position. Kepa is an upgrade already imo. Morata wants to leave. We've completely changed style of play. Doing better than expected so far.
If we want to kick on and push for third and better we need to replace Morata. Club goals were top 4, CL football next season and a trophy. Decent results in next two games against the N London teams can put us on the way.
We may have transfer ban in the summer. Paredes and Higuain possible signings. Won't be getting hope up till they're actually announced though.
If we want to kick on and push for third and better we need to replace Morata. Club goals were top 4, CL football next season and a trophy. Decent results in next two games against the N London teams can put us on the way.
We may have transfer ban in the summer. Paredes and Higuain possible signings. Won't be getting hope up till they're actually announced though.
Yeah I've been quite impressed with you guys defensively, that Arsenal home game you could have conceded about 6 in the first half and it was like oh hang on, this isn't going to work but seems to have tightened up massively after.
Well no one from 3rd to 6th is guaranteed a top 4 spot. 'Struggling' Chelsea are just a point behind Spurs who are riddled with injuries and Arsenal who apparently have forgotten the art of defending completely. It's anyone's game at the moment.
£250m right there...
Thinning the squad out and bringing in some replacements in January won't get you top 4 this season. You best hope Tottenham have a mare at the end of the season.
We're not going to be buying Harry Kane and Luka Modric!
We're already top 4. Just need to tick along as we have been.
Won't be an easy race for us, that Barkley late goal is a bit of a stinger.
Impressive business from Chelsea this window. They hold all the cards with this deal. If he's good enough, they can add another year/opt to buy. If not, they can buy someone better in the summer to come in along with Pulisic.
Well that makes the fight for a CL spot much more difficult, I hoped they'd finish the season with Morata as their CF 