Moises Caicedo | Chelsea agree £115M fee | signed for Chelsea
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Brighton just signed a midfielder today. Caceido will leave by tomorrow.
Leave some players for the rest of us.No way that’s fecking true. I refuse to believe it
Leave some players for the rest of us.
I’m laughing but it’s actually really shocking. I don’t want to believe it but it’s Chelsea so you can never rule it out no matter how crazy it sounds.
I still believe Chelsea can only have 25 players in the squad and there will be enough left over for the rest of the EPL clubs.
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This is more than Woodward on Steroids at this rate. It’s Woodward on Hulk Smash roids. feckin hell.
25 registered. Can buy as many as they like (and appear to be doing so)
It’s not don’t worryNo way that’s fecking true. I refuse to believe it
Do it Clearlake, buy everyone.
You already have and yet we will get new owners but handcuffed from spending madly
Chelsea pulling an absolute blinder. Hoard the best young players, get them on long contracts and literally handcuff their rivals for the future.
The new rules should be made in a way that clubs have time to adjust to the Chelsea bullshittery but the morons running UEFA obviously cannot think that far ahead.
The new rules should be made in a way that clubs have time to adjust to the Chelsea bullshittery but the morons running UEFA obviously cannot think that far ahead.
Jesus Christ. Chelsea is worse than a posh billionaire shopping in an 'art' shop.
Perhaps the summer but not now.
Are they exempt from FFP or something?
Until players get irritated by not enough play time due to squad depth and ask to leave and since they payed over the odds they can't really get the money back.
Also Boehly is going to learn the hard way this ain't an American sport. Just because you signed a 6-7-8 year deal doesn't mean you won't have to renegotiate in a year or 2.
It is either genius or will implode with some huge drama. Time will tell
Sure.. All these best young players who came into prominence over the last year.. the production line has stopped and there wont be any more good young players next season or the season after that. Everyone else is fecked ..
This has nothing to do with rivals.. its their own transfer strategy.. at sensible prices, hoarding talented young players might work for the clubs.. at the prices chelsea are paying.. its a bit pointless. unless they feel they can jump the queue and start winning big right away.. and dont have to spend for years. Both are risky..
Sign x more players and we'll be set for the next x years is something we have heard many times.. never works out that way.
the only way this makes sense is if they have money to burn and just dont care about any (potentially big) losses they make on these deals.
It's being done to avoid the new ffp rules coming in summer which restricts total spending to 90% of revenue. There's no way they'd be able to do anything like this then so they are getting as many pieces of their rebuild in now, before they get limited by the rules.
It makes a lot of sense and speeds up the process for them otherwise they'd be spending roughly 200M a window at a guess and it would be 2 years before they even got to the point the expect to be at by Feb
This assumes that player valuations won’t adjust to reflect the new rules…I guess it’s conceivable that transaction volumes rather than prices take the hit.
Yeah like a higher value version of summer 2003
No matter how good the players - if the coach is shit then you can only get so far.
Doesn’t worry me right now.
Let’s see how good Potter is first.
Doesn’t worry me right now.
Let’s see how good Potter is first.
Does when that game comes where it all clicks with Mudryk,Fernandez & Felix with their current team. Add to that next season being joined by Nkunku and Gusto and it makes us need new ownership sorted.
If we are to assume that unpaid transfer fees are included in the sale as debt then it will all be okay, what is really handcuffing us is the years of profligacy coming home to roost.
It's beyond a joke at this point
We would sell if they bid over 80m for Caicedo
This is always a bit of a myth. Players get bored, look for new challenges, some will be playing above their level already and will inevitably drop next season. You’ll realise next season that everyone has worked out how to play against you and you need some fresh ideas, some players confidence will drop.
I’m not saying it’s not the position you want to be in, of course it is, but sustained success requires sustained investment. There’s no escaping that in this day and age.
Agree the cycle won't last 6 years straight with those players, refreshes are needed all the time and competition tbf.
The benefit we have is some of those players can still go up levels. Saliba, Odegaard, Vieira, ESR, Martinelli, Kiwior, Patino, Balogun, Tomiyasu. Still haven't fully seen what those guys can do yet.
Done deal.
Good deal but I can’t see them getting another midfielder in the summer now.
Leaves us with
Jude
Rice
De Jong
Enzo
Leaves us with
Jude
Rice
De Jong
Enzo
I cannot believe they have not sold him already.
I'll believe it when I see it.
Absolutely. Didn't people say that when in 2020 Chelsea spent big on Werner, Havertz, Ziyech, Pulicic, Chilwell, and Silva they were set for years to come.
Well it's than 3 years later here they go on again, this time on steroids. Is it good for football? Surely not.
Well that's not a new strategy, but now all their best prospects are/were the best players for their rivals as they win trophies
Have you made it your mission to be miserable in every thread?
Enzo and Caceido just became huge talents this season. Theres always a new player or two that pop up.Good deal but I can’t see them getting another midfielder in the summer now.
Leaves us with
Jude
Rice
De Jong
Enzo
They waited 2 days and got more money. They know their business.
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