when he leaves I don't see him staying in England
Wesley Fofana
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why?
I see him going to PSG or one of the Spanish giants once they sort their shit out, I don't think any team here that could afford him would go for him due to the price we would be looking for
If a PL can't afford him, I struggle to think how a Spanish club will.
Can you imagine him playing in Scotland?
Wesley Fofana 5 - 4 East Fife
Wesley Fofana 5 - 4 East Fife
there is a PL tax, we all know this, if a PL want DDG you'd demand a higher price than if he was going abroad as you are selling to a direct rival
Even whilst noting this, you won't see a Spanish club put down £50m on him, let alone a £50m+20m "tax adjusted" amount. Real are out bringing Alaba on a free, they will be earmarking Mbappe to run down his contract, etc. Barcelona are also in a similar position with Depay, they couldn't really bring Laurtado in either and are just busy on player swaps.
PSG sure, but these Spanish clubs look skint for the foreseeable future.
You think he'd go for more than VVD/Maguire? Can't see that tbh, a precedent has been set
no idea, that will depend on how the market goes in the post-Covid era
Lets not forget Leicester paid over £35M for him though. After the season he has had and the raw talent he has, you cant see Leicester entertaining under £65m for him, I would expect closer to £80m than £65m actually. He isnt worth anywhere near that fee yet at least and I dont see anybody paying it anyway....maybe another season and that may change. He does look real quality though, only thing missing for me is concentration, reminds me of a young Ferdinand in that respect as generally the game looks easy to him. Interesting to see how he does next season as I think there are a higher levels for him. If we only needed one or two signings this summer, I think we could well have made a move, cant see it at those prices with what we need though
yeah in my original thread bump post I said another season at Leicester and then offer 80m if no one else has emerged as a better option
If we don't buy a CB this summer I could see us going for him next summer if we don't have to buy a striker.
He is only 20. No one is paying huge money for someone who is 20. Wait for another 3-4 years and if he is still brilliant, pay that money. It would still be the same money though.
Brilliant player though
Brilliant player though
£75 million move to Chelsea.
I’m sure Leicester are saying it’s more than 80m
What kind of team would spend 80 million on a centre back from Leicester? That would be ridiculous.
75 mil inc addons so Chelsea are probably paying about 40 upfront.
Bargain.
75m up front with add ons up to 85m
World record fee for a player who isn’t a full intentional
High stakes poker from Toddy baby
We should offer the same, just for the craic
Use the ‘De Jong money’
Complete guesswork.
my theory is that they have paid a much higher upfront fee. Leicester didn’t want to sell. They appear to be in need of cash. They wanted maguires fee upfront so I don’t see why they’d change that approach for a player they don’t want to sell. Lastly Toddy has been chucking money around this summer because he has too
It's up to 75 with addons so probably about 35 mil upfront.
It's a world record for a defender called Wesley, I'll give you that.
No shit!
People making up transfer fees is part of being a modern football fan. Almost everything is undisclosed.
Sterling, Fofana, Koulibaly, Cucurella. Big summer for Chelsea. But it's not complete until the big one - Anthony Gordon.
He is absolutely class. Cheaper than Maguire was and a younger player with far more potential. Think it’s not a bad deal overall, for Chelsea.
Part of the reason they were insistent on a very high fee and didn’t wanna budge is because a percentage of the fee is going straight to Fofana’s old club in France, something like 20%.
Christensen - The Fofinator
Rudiger - Koulibaly
Alonso - Cookie
Lukaku - Sterling
I'd have taken that at the start of the summer.
Gordon is the one everyone wants for sure, that will take our summer from an 8/10 to a 11/10.
We’re overpaying, can’t get away from that, but once you kind of make your peace with the fee, then it’s easy to get excited by what Fofana brings to Chelsea.
He looked like he had potential before the leg break, barely played since. If he fulfills his potential then the fee will just about be worth it, if not yet another expensive flop for Chelsea
Alonso is gone? He was a good player for you. I rated Rudiger so I'm not sure that one is an upgrade. Sterling is good but I'm really not sure why you aren't linked with a number 9. Can prove to be a good summer but much will depend on what Tuchel can get out of the attack.
Alonso is gone from the Chelsea squad at least.
They're not all massive upgrades (or maybe all upgrades) but Rudiger needed replacing and Kouli is about as good as we could get and overall, I would absolutely see the 4 we signed as better than the 4 they are replacing.
We have been linked with a number 9, thanks Aubama.
That kind of thinking would get you fired from the pick and mix section at Woolworths.
Top player, cracking buy for Chelsea.
It's crazy they've spent so much this summer without addressing the fact they struggle to score goals or create chances
It's tuchels biggest weakness. Initially he had a big impact on them but now that he's time and money to spend their attack needs to start clicking.
Our defence had to be the number 1 priority, with what was happening with Rudi, Christensen and Alonso.
We've signed Sterling and are very close to Aubamayang & Gordon for chances /goals (you might think they're shit but you can't say we're not addressing those positions).
So much for Chilwell at CB then. Guess he's just a binned LB
Chilwell at CB? Huh?
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