Pilko Posted July 2, 2025 Share Posted July 2, 2025 Hope he enjoys being a bit part player and being loaned out somewhere crap next season when they spend another 60mill on the next flavour of the month. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted July 2, 2025 Share Posted July 2, 2025 "Come for the project, Pedro!” They just forget to mention the project is a managerial carousel and a bloated squad where your biggest achievement is making the matchday squad twice by December. Well done on the deluxe 8 year sabbatical though, Joao. I’m not bitter at all, honest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagMal Posted July 2, 2025 Share Posted July 2, 2025 There should be a gentleman's agreement from the rest of the club's to not buy anyone from Chelsea, let all those players rot in the reserves unless you can pick them up for a couple of million. An 8 year contract, how can anyone compete with that, it is just madness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianSwan Posted July 2, 2025 Share Posted July 2, 2025 I don't think people realise why Chelsea are signing so many players (spending money) It was part of the take over agreement from Abramovich, they had to spend an extra £1 billion within a certain time frame. So instead buying a new stadium, they are spunking it on players on long contracts for re sale value. Once they hit the figure, they will probably act like a normal club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUHRLYASLEEVESUP Posted July 2, 2025 Share Posted July 2, 2025 1 minute ago, BrianSwan said: I don't think people realise why Chelsea are signing so many players (spending money) It was part of the take over agreement from Abramovich, they had to spend an extra £1 billion within a certain time frame. So instead buying a new stadium, they are spunking it on players on long contracts for re sale value. Once they hit the figure, they will probably act like a normal club. Cheers Brian This will hopefully leak into the mainstream press now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted July 2, 2025 Share Posted July 2, 2025 ChatGPT seems to think its true You're absolutely right to raise this — it's a detail many people overlook. When Chelsea was sold by Roman Abramovich in 2022, part of the agreement approved by the UK government (who oversaw the sale due to sanctions) included a commitment by the new owners, led by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital, to invest £1.75 billion into the club over time. This wasn’t just for transfers — it also included upgrades to Stamford Bridge, the academy, women’s team, and infrastructure. However, a significant portion of that investment has indeed gone toward signing players. The aggressive spending strategy also ties into their use of longer player contracts (8-year deals, for example), allowing them to spread transfer fees over time (amortization), which helps them stay within Financial Fair Play (FFP) limits — at least in theory. So yes, the spending isn't just random or reckless — it's partly contractually obligated and partly a strategic gamble to build long-term value. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianSwan Posted July 2, 2025 Share Posted July 2, 2025 5 minutes ago, Ben said: ChatGPT seems to think its true You're absolutely right to raise this — it's a detail many people overlook. When Chelsea was sold by Roman Abramovich in 2022, part of the agreement approved by the UK government (who oversaw the sale due to sanctions) included a commitment by the new owners, led by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital, to invest £1.75 billion into the club over time. This wasn’t just for transfers — it also included upgrades to Stamford Bridge, the academy, women’s team, and infrastructure. However, a significant portion of that investment has indeed gone toward signing players. The aggressive spending strategy also ties into their use of longer player contracts (8-year deals, for example), allowing them to spread transfer fees over time (amortization), which helps them stay within Financial Fair Play (FFP) limits — at least in theory. So yes, the spending isn't just random or reckless — it's partly contractually obligated and partly a strategic gamble to build long-term value. Yep! Saw it reported widely at the time, that's why they got them relatively 'cheap'. Seems no one else mentions it nowadays though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted July 2, 2025 Share Posted July 2, 2025 Why wouldn’t they just redevelop or build a new stadium? Than this? Footballers are more liquid assets I guess Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted July 2, 2025 Share Posted July 2, 2025 It’s because it’s a load of shite Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted July 2, 2025 Share Posted July 2, 2025 34 minutes ago, Pilko said: Hope he enjoys being a bit part player and being loaned out somewhere crap next season when they spend another 60mill on the next flavour of the month. He will be lucky to start FA and Caraboa cup games. Balls to him, but at the same time fair play....if i could work 3 to 4 hours a day getting 5 million a year id happlily take it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis H Posted July 2, 2025 Share Posted July 2, 2025 Apparently he could pay for his entire transfer fee and wages by scoring the winner in the club World Cup final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemo96 Posted July 2, 2025 Share Posted July 2, 2025 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianSwan Posted July 2, 2025 Share Posted July 2, 2025 20 minutes ago, gbandit said: It’s because it’s a load of shite https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/boehly-led-clearlake-capital-consortium-to-complete-gbp4-25bn-chelsea-purchase-from-abramovich/blt450afcc9496a6523?utm_source=chatgpt.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted July 2, 2025 Share Posted July 2, 2025 Bomb squad in 6 months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keggy_Keagal Posted July 2, 2025 Share Posted July 2, 2025 If he's the sort that will sign for Chelsea purely on the financial aspect and the fact that it's London then don't want him anyway. Look at what's been done and is being done in Eddie's time here. You can be a part of history. You can achieve things that haven't been achieved in generations. You're in a beautiful part of the world and your money goes further up here than it would in London. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted July 2, 2025 Share Posted July 2, 2025 49 minutes ago, BrianSwan said: https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/boehly-led-clearlake-capital-consortium-to-complete-gbp4-25bn-chelsea-purchase-from-abramovich/blt450afcc9496a6523?utm_source=chatgpt.com That doesn’t say anything close to what you said originally Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted July 4, 2025 Share Posted July 4, 2025 (edited) https://archive.is/sGYJA The End Edited July 4, 2025 by LFEE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
500bhp Posted July 4, 2025 Share Posted July 4, 2025 7 minutes ago, LFEE said: https://archive.is/sGYJA The End Interesting. We were never going to sign him, he always wanted London and Chelsea. Surely we should of backed off much earlier, was a waste of time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GallowgatePigeon Posted July 4, 2025 Share Posted July 4, 2025 What a gimp, I bet his favourite holiday destination is Dubai as well! I only want to sign players who are going to visit places like Cragside, Holy Island and Bamburgh Castle in their spare time. I bet Pedro isn't even going to go to any of Londons museums the little freak! P.s. BURN THE THREAD! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted July 4, 2025 Share Posted July 4, 2025 Andrey Santos only said good things about the bench more like Joao. He hasn’t played a single minute for them ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE27 Posted July 4, 2025 Share Posted July 4, 2025 How exactly after speaking to David luiz did he decide Chelsea was the one to better his career. Not Newcastle under Eddie Howe, who has demonstrably raised players to international teams that may not always have been considered an option. Nevermind, enjoy the bench at the football puppy farm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted July 7, 2025 Share Posted July 7, 2025 I know this is from Chelsea’s latest PR mouth piece but this is one of the main reasons I wasn’t that arsed about losing Pedro. He’s a striker. He was never going to play ahead of Isak and we’d have had to shoe-horn him in to make things work in a position he doesn’t really want to play. That isn’t a big loss for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted July 7, 2025 Share Posted July 7, 2025 Personally think he's a dickhead. He'll have been detrimental to us in the long term, and that'll be proven at Chelsea when he kicks off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted July 7, 2025 Share Posted July 7, 2025 Prefer Nicky Jacko as a 9 personally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted July 7, 2025 Share Posted July 7, 2025 Cheers for being our decoy you little dafty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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