Romeo Lavia | Chelsea bound?
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Where would he play?
Surely the formation is:
Enzo - Caicedo
----Nkunku
Surely the formation is:
Enzo - Caicedo
----Nkunku
Hard to take it seriously when he uses spotrac and capology for wages.
At the same time we have drastically reduced our wage bill. In the season 2022/23, we spent €265 million on wages. This year it will come in at around €175 million. Slightly higher than Liverpool, €20 million lower than Arsenal and a whopping €65 million lower than City and United.
Nkunku will not be seen before the new year most likely. And with serious knee injuries like this it may take him even longer to fully regain form.
So if we got Lavia I’d assume we‘d play with two #6’s (Caicedo & Lavia) with Enzo slightly more advanced like he was yesterday against Liverpool.
Makes sense, cheers.
The overrating of Lavia here is just way over the top. He is a huge talent, but suggesting he's better already than McTominay is a stretch. He has played 2000 PL minutes and just got relegated and mostly dominated in midfield apart from a few matches where he looked really good.
He has a way higher ceiling than him, but better now? Nope. McTominay would look much better if he was a Southampton player without the bias and less expectations.
Okay at £60m I’m no longer wishing we were still in for him.
When do Chelsea plan to submit an improved bid?
Yeah and I'm hoping we are not seriously either.
Come on Boehly, stick to the predicted script you Arab manchild.
Chelsea can’t let them get away with this.
No chance their wage bill is reduced to £175m per year. If they pull that off, I will never question the genius of their owners again.
Come on Todd do it you know you want to
They didn't, it's just an people checking crap sites.
They achieved feck all, let's see what their wages will be when they publish their reports.
Makes £72m on Hojlund look alright by comparison.
How? Lavia is actually proven in the Prem, sure not a seasoned pro but he looks comfortable playing in the league.
Comfortable in a team that literally got relegated? The impressive thing about him is how old is he to be starting games in the Prem - not his actual performance (which are mostly fine - but nothing incredible). The lad hasn't even started a game for his country yet.
Hojlund plays in a FAR more premium position, for a team that came 5th in Italy, scored 9 goals last year and has 6 international goals. You're always going to pay more for strikers, that's just how the the world works.
Striker market is completely screwed, prices are hyperinflated. Paying £70m for a young, talented, physically gifted striker who played in Serie A(one of the 3 best leagues on the planet) doesn't look so crazy anymore.
Strikers are overall, most expensive(valuable) footballers along with wingers - goalscorers in general.
When he’s about to have a medical at Liverpool.
I'd say they're pretty equivalent, slight overpays but not a big deal given age, potential, talent they've shown, position of need and scarcity of talent. The type of overpay that nobody cares about after their 1st game
He looked head and shoulders above all his team mates and more than held his own against better midfielders last season. I would say he’s pretty comfortable.
Oh yeah, definite overpays both of them - but it puts the Hojlund fee into a bit of perspective at least. Especially as he's an actual striker in a world where there aren't many actual (good) strikers anymore.
Currently its £64 million...he will have to win a few trophies first to make up the extra £8 million.
He did not look "head and shoulders above" all of his team mates, no. And even if he did, that's not saying much as they got relegated.
At which point he rejects them and says he wants to join Chelsea? I'm down with that!
Proven is overstating it a bit. He had moments, made to look better in a pretty poor Southampton side. His overall performance level was very patchy.
Obviously has a lot of talent and looks like a good investment for any team that gets him. He's not a player who will end up getting you lots of goals or assists though. Goalscorers and creators will always come at a premium.
There is no way Lavia is going Chelsea. They’ve broke the record so Caiceda is a starter. That leaves Lavia on the bench. Makes no sense for him. Can’t understand why Chelsea need him. He’ll go to Liverpool.
I watched him a few times live, and came away with the impression he was quite good but nothing special. Very young so good potential, but I did not see a future world class player or anywhere near.
He'll probably be good for Liverpool as he's a specialist DM, but he's young, raw, and they really can't afford to be relying on him week after week. So they need to invest further.
The concept of failed transfers will shift unless the Saudi sale route is shored up. These discards will be worth a fortune otherwise.
How often does this ever actually work out like that?
We are laughing at Chelsea and Liverpool getting fleeced now but whomever misses out on Lavia is going to go for Amrabat next.
Looks like we’re keeping McTominay now anyway so there’ll be no money for Amrabat anyway
It's not talked about enough. How can a team spend 900m in 12 months and comply with FFP?
I'm not accusing anyone but someone needs to explain.
The signing of Amrabat was never reliant on McTominay being sold, it was getting rid of Fred and Donny which we’re in the process of doing.
We have a pretty good record buying from relegated clubs, so that part I am not so worried by.
Lavia would make a lot more sense coming in to phase out someone like Henderson though. As it stands he's being thrown into deep waters.
Lavia would make a lot more sense coming in to phase out someone like Henderson though. As it stands he's being thrown into deep waters.
Well the line from Chelsea fans is they've sold well so the net spend isn't that bad. No idea if there's any truth to that.
Huh? McTominay is dogshit and wouldn‘t make the bench at any of the other big PL clubs. Lavia meanwhile has been highly sought after by most of them. He’s miles more talented and better right now than McTominay before he has even realized that talent fully.
Hum... Liverpool could hire Sangaré who is a very solid defensive midfielder by a smaller value.