Does Potter have a say in who he wants and does not want in his squad with all these signings? 
Joao Felix / on loan to Chelsea
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Good signing for them. If he can help them towards top 4 then it'll be worth the money.
Now this one is over I wonder if we need to look at some loan cover for Bruno/Eriksen
11m for 4 month loan is insane. Chelsea are absolutely bonkers right now.
Bollocks did he like the Chelsea project more than United or Arsenal. One is top of the league playing great football with a young manager and team and the other has a new exciting manager and is historically the biggest club in England and on the road to recovery.
Chelsea just offered more to AM/the player.
Chelsea just offered more to AM/the player.
Does Potter have a say in who he wants and does not want in his squad with all these signings?
Not sure he even knows what day it is at the moment!
His head must be spinning.
Must be with a view to a permanent transfer, otherwise why would the Chelsea project be appealing for this next few months just?
Atletico must not believe their luck. Similar to any other club that has seen Boehly come calling to be fair. Mendes will no doubt have Boehly on strings too.
I think by the project being more appealing he really means that Chelsea were willing to pay the ridiculous demands, while others weren't.
I think by the project being more appealing he really means that Chelsea were willing to pay the ridiculous demands, while others weren't.
A permanent transfer would be mad - Havertz, Nkunku and Felix who all basically play best in the same position.
Surely Chelsea must be close to breaking some FFP rules
Yeah. If Chelsea needed any player it was definitely Joao Felix. This will solve all Chelsea's problems. Well done Todd Boehly.
It would be funny if they broke the FFP rules to get top 4 and then got banned from the competition anyway.
But I'm sure they have it under control.
Nah, they have made this into a 8-year loan so they are good
And Mason Mount too
He only had a choice if Arsenal and United offered the same money to Atletico, weird phrasing from Ornstein.
Not that what I think means anything at all because I'm just a moron who got covid in October and shat himself on the sofa
But even if they get Weghorst (which I'd say is 50/50 as of typing) I think they might still try to get Memphis on loan and change shape a little when Bruno isn't playing to more of a 4-4-2
Yeah. You'd surely have to think there's some sort of handshake agreement (at least) that he'll join permanently if they get into the top 4. But if it ends up £11m just for a few months, they don't get into Europe anyway and he joins another club in the Summer, it's going to seem weird.
Also why do Chelsea always sign Atletico players
What an awful fit.
Don't worry, we're signing the Dutch Peter Crouch
I wonder what the excuse will be when he fails at Chelsea as well. I maintain that Felix is vastly overrated. Good player but nowhere near his current market value and what Atlético paid for him.
It says in the article he prefers Chelsea's 'project'...I mean it's a real Frankenstein's monster of a project!
Don’t want to be too cynical but I think it makes sense that Jorge Mendez facilitates something for Chelsea given the money that they are seeming to want to throw at the ‘project’. This would have been the decisive factor behind the deal imo.
Chelsea probably have a whole new first and second XI by now.
Chelsea will genuinely have like 5 high profile attackers who aren’t quite no.10s, aren’t quite no.9s, and aren’t quite conventional wingers So predictable. He won’t save them.I think he'll get more minutes at Chelsea as a striker solution. He will probably view himself as a striker just needing a chance.
Second time Ornstein has worded a signing in a way insinuating the player chose that club over others when the truth is the other interested party wouldn’t pay the fee. See Gakpo when he had to clarify that wasn’t the case.
I'm getting Saul Niguez vibes with this one not gonna lie. Good luck to Felix but cant see it working for him at Chelsea.
The money was a joke, so of course footballs current running joke jump at the chance to pay it.
Felix is a bit of a dumbass going to Chelsea but he's proven he makes dumb decisions, so nothing new here.
I'd have stayed at Atleti if I was him. Watch him score against us now...
I'd have stayed at Atleti if I was him. Watch him score against us now...
He isn't your typical winger ans he isn't your typical striker either ? I mean , I play FM better than him.
Havertz, Mount, Nkuku, Ziyech- so happy that his happened. Was worried that they might get an actual striker in.
Havertz, Mount, Nkuku, Ziyech- so happy that his happened. Was worried that they might get an actual striker in.
It’s such a poor choice from him too, he’s clearly that desperate to escape Atletico.
Well I'm glad this one is off the table now.
Partners in dodgy dealings and cooking their books to overcome FFP, see the Morata and Costa deals for example.
So Chelsea are replacing Havertz with a player who is exactly like Havertz, and it is costing them £11m (excluding wages) for four months. Interesting strategy.
Just what is the plan at chelsea? Todd treating the league like some football manager game ffs.
Crouch scored a fair few goals so fine by me
Players really are so thick at times. Two awful moves in a row from him. Deserves to flop.
I’m jealous but I also don’t expect it to go well.
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