Other clubs' transfers

[Deuce]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cv6rnvwgzcx/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
 

[Viana]

4 hours ago, joeyt said:

Inject it

 

 

 

What a worker. Vince McMahon hire this gentleman, he's writing top tier promos.

[Zero]

That’s a poor decision by Lavia to be honest. He should go Liverpool instead for his career development

[nemtizz]

As a fan I wouldn’t give a fuck about losing out on players because of ridiculous contract lengths and wages. 
 

Does Klopp know Hayden is available? 

[Mazzy]

36 minutes ago, Zero said:

That’s a poor decision by Lavia to be honest. He should go Liverpool instead for his career development

 

He's only 19, it's certainly not a poor choice considering he'll no doubt get an 8yr deal at Chelsea and will have time to improve and earn a place. If he's good enough, he'll get into the team at Chelsea whether it's this season or not is another matter but he clearly doesn't want to hang around in the Championship and play every week else he probably would've made it clear to these clubs that want him.

[cubaricho]

7 hours ago, leffe186 said:

Bissouma for £25M or whatever it was seemed like a bargain at the time, but now, bloody hell

Where is he even at now?!

[Geordie Ahmed]

7 minutes ago, cubaricho said:

Where is he even at now?!

Very much part of the team now that Conte has gone

 

It was baffling how little Conte trusted/used him 

[Geordie Ahmed]

On Chelsea it will be interesting to see what their next set of accounts look like

 

Obviously, they've sold since but it should be an indicator as to how much they lost and what they needed to do from an FFP perspective 

[cubaricho]

18 minutes ago, Geordie Ahmed said:

On Chelsea it will be interesting to see what their next set of accounts look like

 

Obviously, they've sold since but it should be an indicator as to how much they lost and what they needed to do from an FFP perspective 

They’ve sold like £300-400m haven’t they? They’re fine for a long long time. 

[r0cafella]

1 minute ago, cubaricho said:

They’ve sold like £300-400m haven’t they? They’re fine for a long long time. 

254m euro according to transfer market this window. 

[cubaricho]

4 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

254m euro according to transfer market this window. 

~5.5 times as much as us.

As much as it sucks, they’ll be good. 

[cubaricho]

I also want to be very clear that I hate what they, and Man U and Liverpool, are doing but it will make our eventual success soooooo much sweeter.
 

Fuck ‘em. 

[gazza ladra]

45 minutes ago, cubaricho said:

Where is he even at now?!

[Geordie Ahmed]

16 minutes ago, cubaricho said:

They’ve sold like £300-400m haven’t they? They’re fine for a long long time. 

Not quite that much though probably have a few more they can sell

 

Whilst it's a decent amount sold they've spent around £800m in 12 months, something has to give

[Whitley mag]

1 hour ago, Geordie Ahmed said:

Not quite that much though probably have a few more they can sell

 

Whilst it's a decent amount sold they've spent around £800m in 12 months, something has to give

Majority on 8 year contracts though, that loophole won’t be closed by the PL until next summer, the same with UEFA, whether it’s the right approach long term only time will tell.

[Emotic]

Mitrovic to Al-Hilal according to chicken man. Imagine Neymar....and Mitro. 

https://twitter.com/RudyGaletti/status/1691228764116590592?s=20

[r0cafella]

3 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

Majority on 8 year contracts though, that loophole won’t be closed by the PL until next summer, the same with UEFA, whether it’s the right approach long term only time will tell.

Uefa have closed it already, funnily enough it’s the PL who haven’t yet which is most odd given they immediately banned related sponsorships the moment we were taken over. 

[Ben]

5 minutes ago, Emotic said:

Mitrovic to Al-Hilal according to chicken man. Imagine Neymar....and Mitro. 

https://twitter.com/RudyGaletti/status/1691228764116590592?s=20

 

Get rid of Salah as well and it will be wonderful 

[leffe186]

4 hours ago, Geordie Ahmed said:

Very much part of the team now that Conte has gone

 

It was baffling how little Conte trusted/used him 

He was terrific on Sunday.

Maybe the most obvious example of Conte’s limitations. You can understand certain players not slotting in because they didn’t fit the scheme but not using Bissouma was just criminally stupid.

[joeyt]

28 minutes ago, leffe186 said:

He was terrific on Sunday.

Maybe the most obvious example of Conte’s limitations. You can understand certain players not slotting in because they didn’t fit the scheme but not using Bissouma was just criminally stupid.

 

See Ange doesn't rate Hojbjerg, is he going to join Mourinho at Roma?

[Mole]

13 hours ago, Mike said:

God damn people hate Yanks.

Yes

 

 

Edited August 15, 2023 by Mole

[Keegans Export]

Regarding Chelsea...

 

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Chelsea’s estimated amortised spending in the past three windows under Boehly and Clearlake, using initial transfer figures reported by The Athletic, comes to £157.2million; this significantly lower number is almost entirely offset by an accounting profit from player sales of £149.6million over the same period.

 

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In the course of the financial due diligence that preceded their takeover last year, Boehly and Clearlake quickly identified that Roman Abramovich had been happily paying what they regarded as a “Chelsea premium” in terms of player salaries.

 

Base wages were well above the market rate across the board, with almost nothing tied to performance-based incentives such as Champions League participation.

 

The massive squad turnover at Stamford Bridge over the past year has been as much about shedding contracts as players. Boehly and Clearlake have been determined to bring the club’s salary commitments down to a competitive market level, and they are well aware that the earning expectations of footballers tend to rise as they get older.

 

Since the restructuring of their football operation around co-sporting directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley at the start of 2023, Chelsea have placed renewed emphasis on targeting players aged 23 or younger, with Christopher Nkunku (whose transfer was agreed almost a year ago), Axel Disasi and goalkeeper Robert Sanchez the only exceptions.

 

Younger players tend to be more amenable to lower base salaries with performance incentives, which gives Chelsea the opportunity to start them at a more affordable level and then reward the best performers with pay rises as time goes by. Lavia will almost certain to be on a lower wage as he begins his career at Stamford Bridge than former Southampton team-mate James Ward-Prowse is on at West Ham.

 

Both from today's article in The Athletic. Basically, if more of the signings are hits than misses then it may well work, but if not they're going to struggle to fund another rebuild down the line.

[SUPERTOON]

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[r0cafella]

9 minutes ago, Keegans Export said:

Regarding Chelsea...

 

 

 

Both from today's article in The Athletic. Basically, if more of the signings are hits than misses then it may well work, but if not they're going to struggle to fund another rebuild down the line.

Wages and agent fees obviously don’t count

[TRon]

There go any chance of Man U ever landing big money for an over the hill Maguire. West Ham will probably sack Moyes before he gets the chance to do much more long term damage to their squad.