Cucurella at Chelsea
- Thread starter SilentWitness
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We got lucky.
It’s a Manchester United forum. Did you think everybody here would think every Chelsea player is great and the player United just bought is shit?
If you watch so many Ajax games why are you talking about You Tube. A less cynical person may think you’re full of shit.
£73 million and he cannot even get a proper haircut. Flop!
It's actually £137 million.
I thought he was 50M.
Regarding Malacia he has shown really good stuff, but he's still got plenty to prove. Also there are not many Malacias around, we seem to have picked a gem for a change.
Renan Lodi, Zinchenko, Perisic, Digne.
It was £56 upfront with another £7 in addons.
In true Redcafe style people use the the highest possible figure of £63 million.
If we do end up paying the full figure it means we've been successful so hopefully we do!
Perisic is more a winger than a left back, also he's 33 ffs hahaha.
Digne is ok, but again I don't think he'll ever be a starter for a top team. Lodi had an awful season, there's a reason why Atletico is willing to sell him so cheaply.
Zinchenko is a good call though.
Great! Then you have nothing to worry about.
For fun though you might want to look up videos of Robben using his right foot. While very left foot dominant, he was good enough with it to keep people honest .
Anyway, you can get a lot of haircuts with that money. No excuses.
I feel Perisic would be perfect for Tuchel's system, he does need to be managed though, but then they already have Chilwell. And he's free.
No hate for Cucu here, I like the guy, but I also think it's ok to question the fee. City balked at the price, and I feel like Boehly stepped in because he was desperate for a win at that point, after Rapha and Kounde.
He's not been that good or poor for this thread to be so active. Some strange behaviour from some of our fans.
Yeah that's odd, I mean 67M do seems a lot for Cucurella but he has the potential to back them. What's strange is that they already have Chilwell who good al also cost them a lot.
He actually had a pretty good season on 20/21. Maybe he didn't came back solid from that ruptured cruciate ligament injury.
Obviously he was overpriced, but he’s still a good signing for them.
I'm just glad he didn't end up at City - he would've been more dangerous there for sure.
I'm just glad he didn't end up at City - he would've been more dangerous there for sure.
I am officially calling it. He's shit. Quite a few on here were right about him. Yet another £55m dud.
If only..
£63m by all accounts.
https://theathletic.com/3480068/2022/08/05/marc-cucurella-chelsea-brighton-transfer/?amp=1
Not sure that has cheered him up.
From what I've seen his reading of the game is decent but his ball in attacking phases is weak. I still think he's better than Koulibaly in that position.
Bookmarked for future mocking.
Absolutely savage
It was a surprise some many top clubs were after him. He had a decent season at Brighton but then so does someone like Solly March and he dosen't have half of CL falling over themselves to sign him.
Watched him for years at Getafe and good player but not someone who had international or top 4 qualities. He'd have looked better at Man. City but that's just a system for you sometimes.
Another Pep target flopping at a rival club. You’d think he’s doing it on purpose
cookie is barely a few crumbs at this rate.
He's certainly got the skills to put out the fake list of who he wants.
We could have done with that approach when Chelsea just found out who he wanted in the early 2000s and just offered double the wage and fee.
There’s very good reason he pulled out when Brighton asked for more than 30 that’s for sure.
Shouldve kept Alonso. he was decent.
He would've been great at City
What was it, 55M for him? Was he a Tuchel signing? You already have Ben Chilwell who is twice the player yet signed this guy
£63m
It was obvious they over payed for him. It’s not his fault though, but it’ll be used against him.
I think it was interesting that City refused to pay more than £30m and were happy to pull out of the race then Chelsea throw £63m in and make the move happen.
Chelsea overpaid for everyone this window. It really was amateur hour from Boehly.
His hair swishing around the place makes it look like he's all-action when he isn't. If he'd been bald his transfer fee would have been £20m, tops.
In seriousness he's been average when I've seen him but he has time to improve. The team are in a bit of a rut generally, which can't help.
In seriousness he's been average when I've seen him but he has time to improve. The team are in a bit of a rut generally, which can't help.
I actually slightly believe in this kind of thing. So many opinions based on weird perception and vibes. A haircut can 100% influence that.
Fact Fellaini was worth 9.5m minus the the fro.
Arshavin had two and a half good EPL seasons.