Doc Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 I for one am hoping for the former. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegans Export Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 There's no way the PL (or the Government) will let anything happen to Chelsea, whether they end up breaching rules or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Pundit Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, Keegans Export said: There's no way the PL (or the Government) will let anything happen to Chelsea, whether they end up breaching rules or not. Exactly, as much as it'll be a load of bollocks compared to the shit we had to go through to get our takeover, the powers that be just won't let it happen. What I don't understand is, if Roman is sanctioned and his assets seized (ie Chelski), how does he have any say in how much the club is sold for? Or whether he gets any money he put into it back? I'm not really up on what all the finer details of this sanction mularky means really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Apparently the gov may consider converting the debt to equity ? which is fine by them. But that also increases the price ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 (edited) I’m guessing at worst they’ll become a Spurs or Arsenal and float between 4th & 7th most seasons. The tragedy. Given that’s what they were the 5-6 years pre-Roman anyway I reckon they’ll take it after 2 decades of seeing world-class players & managers, titles and European trophies. Edited May 4, 2022 by Optimistic Nut Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 They were living way above their means, and on the brink of administration before Roman came in and saved them, so you could argue in a world without rich uncles they would be even lower than 4th-7th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Chelsea do have a very good academy and scouting system, they'll be able to use that for a while. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushimonster85 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Conjo said: They were living way above their means, and on the brink of administration before Roman came in and saved them, so you could argue in a world without rich uncles they would be even lower than 4th-7th. Without Abramovic they would have slowly slid down the table, they scraped CL in the final season before his arrival, and had never really challenged for the title. Unlike Spurs they can't really expand their ground, and with Man U never going broke, and the arrival of Man City they'd likely be knocking around mid-table these days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, sushimonster85 said: Without Abramovic they would have slowly slid down the table, they scraped CL in the final season before his arrival, and had never really challenged for the title. Unlike Spurs they can't really expand their ground, and with Man U never going broke, and the arrival of Man City they'd likely be knocking around mid-table these days. The season before Abramovich came in where they ended 4th, they had only brought in two players, both on a free transfer. There were no funds to add to the squad, similar to our Lee Bowyer summer. They would most likely have had to sell players to stay afloat and with it drop down the table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 We tried to buy Terry and without Abramovic would have likely did that as we did with Woodgate from Leeds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 20 minutes ago, sushimonster85 said: Without Abramovic they would have slowly slid down the table, they scraped CL in the final season before his arrival, and had never really challenged for the title. Unlike Spurs they can't really expand their ground, and with Man U never going broke, and the arrival of Man City they'd likely be knocking around mid-table these days. It wouldn't have been slow. According to Bruce Buck they were weeks away from defaulting on Eurobonds and likely faci g administration. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, madras said: It wouldn't have been slow. According to Bruce Buck they were weeks away from defaulting on Eurobonds and likely faci g administration. Which is seemingly where they are now (no license to operate at the end of this month?) if rumours are to be believed. If it goes ‘wrong’ as per current reports, they won’t be anywhere near 4-7th places, but will freefall or simply fail to exist in current form. Won’t be allowed to happen though imo- shady deals behind closed doors will prevent it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Just now, Manxst said: Which is seemingly where they are now (no license to operate at the end of this month?) if rumours are to be believed. If it goes ‘wrong’ as per current reports, they won’t be anywhere near 4-7th places, but will freefall or simply fail to exist in current form. Won’t be allowed to happen though imo- shady deals behind closed doors will prevent it. Back then they weren't so big, few wanted to buy them and the Government wouldn't give a toss if they disappeared. Neither is the case now though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeB Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 20 minutes ago, HTT II said: We tried to buy Terry and without Abramovic would have likely did that as we did with Woodgate from Leeds. He wasn't starting every game for Chelsea at the time and the move up here was supposedly done and dusted. Abramovic came in and immediately put a blocker on all incoming and outgoing transfers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Just now, LeeB said: He wasn't starting every game for Chelsea at the time and the move up here was supposedly done and dusted. Abramovic came in and immediately put a blocker on all incoming and outgoing transfers. Aye 6/8m I think the agreed fee was! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 I fucking hate those ones that got away stories. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 1 minute ago, Kid Icarus said: I fucking hate those ones that got away stories. Better than a lot of the ones who didn't get away stories. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 1 minute ago, Kid Icarus said: I fucking hate those ones that got away stories. Salah, Modric, Baggio, Signori, Rivaldo, Rooney, Schweinsteiger….?♂️? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said: I fucking hate those ones that got away stories. @macphistoagrees! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushimonster85 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Modric man, the deal was done! Fucking Dennis Wise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 I’m sure the Terry one was around the time we got Woodgate? Was either him, Terry, Van Buyten or Dawson from Forest I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Just now, Optimistic Nut said: I’m sure the Terry one was around the time we got Woodgate? Was either him, Terry, Van Buyten or Dawson from Forest I think. We signed Woodgate then went in for Terry, we wanted both. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Man we were so exciting back then, just raiding Leeds for arguably their best/most highly sought after player, Forest for one of the hottest youth prospects in English football and going for the same with Terry at Chelsea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 We were also linked with Jon Harley, Jody Morris, Melchiot and Gallas (the one I wanted) pre Abramovic, we ended up with fucking Babayaro… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, HTT II said: Man we were so exciting back then, just raiding Leeds for arguably their best/most highly sought after player, Forest for one of the hottest youth prospects in English football and going for the same with Terry at Chelsea. The best one was sniffing around Prutton for ages then finding Jenas who was even better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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