I hear you, but not sure we are competing with Arsenal this season, and losing to Chelsea and Liverpool did also hurt quite a bit.
Joao Felix / on loan to Chelsea
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The gap in quality on the benches is gonna be scary on Saturday but nothing we do until new owners come in hopefully in next few months
Starting to wonder mad as it might have first appeared if we should have met their demands,got no cover for Bruno/Eriksen plus lost Donny for an extended period of time
The owner is willing to buy a whole new team in a single season. It will be a dream job for most.
He’s not staying at Chelsea next season. He ll want champions league football. If he does well he ll move to a CL club. If he flops he goes back to atletico.
he’s got 4 months to put himself in the shop window, with Chelsea paying 20m when they have nothing to play for other than cL, for a player they lose in 4 months. Absolute circus that club, and they’re stacked with number 10s. Very interested to see him in the premier league. Just a shame city got to play Chelsea at their lowest point.
It could be an odegaard like situation where if the loan was successful, the player would be inclined towards re-joining rather than going elsewhere.
So you really think he chose you? Us and arsenal refused to pay what they wanted. Yous did because your desperateOrnstein is the one who said it. I guess he’s a tier one when it suits and just talking crap when it doesn’t yeah?
God I hope it don't work out
If he does well in Chelsea and wants CL football, then he can earn it with Chelsea, just like Odegaard in Arsenal, or even when Ronaldinho joined a weak Barcelona side rather than Man Utd at their peak back then. Chelsea is a big club that enjoyed huge success for the past 15 years.
Where on earth is 20m coming from?
Talking in euros
The loan fee is reported to be £9.68m.
I may not be the best at maths but I'm fairly certain that doesn't translate to €20m.
Plus the wages of around £6m
This move never made sense for us, but by Gaston I wanted him.
Yeah it's another Gakpo joining a rival,what's the betting they both perform well against us to really rub it in our faces
Adding wages when discussing a signing fee is certainly a new one!
On a more serious note while the loan fee is a bit higher than the average the reaction is a bit over the top, didn't Sevilla give you guys £6m to loan Martial?
That said I'm a bit meh about the deal, after Sunday I'm starting to doubt that even Enzo can fix this, atleast in the short term.
Good player individually, but with Chelsea, it'll be an addition to the long list of forwards who can't find the back of the net. 4 month adapting period to premier league seems too little for him to make an impact. They're going to be better off buying him outright and working on developing him.
It's bound to happen...
I guess we can all nurture a completely justifiable hatred for the two to safeguard our beautiful faces
I was a bit meh about us not loaning him that was until I realised how little depth we have and now I'm quite gutted he joined you instead of us
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They're both players that I'm not convinced are right for us tbh. Gakpo looks good but similar to what we have. Felix seems to have a lot of natural talent but how that translates to a central striker in a more physical league is again debatable. They seem like those good additons but not definitive ones that would make us significantly better. Which is why I don't feel bothered.
I feel someone like Enzo going to Chelsea would have been a lot worse (can still happen of course).
I just feel either of them could have covered a few positions in the attacking third because we are a few injuries away from big trouble
Great signing. Dude will light up this premier league along with Mudryk. Boy Manchester United sure let this one slip
Thanks for making us feel worst,strong chance you will remain a newbie for that
Where would he play?
Could have rotated with Bruno,also offered something out wide but too late now anyway
Fair enough but I think we are the stage where we have to make signings that aren't fillers but take us to the next step. Once we get Antony and then Sancho going we don't lack depth out wide. And in the hole have Bruno and Eriksen. What we need imo are those singings that perfectly slot in like Liverpool made when going from top 4 to title challengers or we did from 05/06 to league domination.
Not sure if posted.
If true, makes sense why there's no buy option for Chelsea.
So there had to be a buying committment from us but not for Chelsea?
Yeah ridiculous
The trouble is with all these games we don't really have the time for Antony and Sancho to get going,hence why I feel we need another plug and play loan deal who could provide some cover in attacking areas whether midfield or out wide.
Chelsea are playing Monopoly.
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chelsea end up pay huge loan for felix. after they defeated worst against City. Maybe this is panic buying. Hope we will get another available striker to choose when this season ends..
It’s not really a new one when it’s discussing a loan. Infact is common practice as not everyone pays full wages given it’s not actually their player.
The fact is it’s a ridiculous amount of money, well over £15m, for a player for roughly 4 months. Especially when you consider there’s no option to buy included nor does he fit your set up.
There’s a reason why neither United or Arsenal have accepted the terms.
Source: trust me bro
We're covered on the flanks, not so much in the striker position.
Your a very strange poster
Supports Neutral FC that play at the Camp Neu-tral
At least he isnt a supporter of Without club FC.
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