Chelsea Transfer Rumours

01 Apr 2024 10:45:25
Hey Ed,

Hope you are well!
I was just wondering how Chelsea's defensive targets were shaping up, specifically if there was any interest in Yoro from Lille or the two Portuguese centre backs Diomonde or A. Silva, as has been touted by some reports.
I was also curious if there was any interest in the young left back Kerkez as you previously said we may be in for a left back.
Kind regards,
JT.

{Ed002's Note - There is interest in Ousmane Diomande and Yoro.}

01 Apr 2024 21:21:26
Thanks for the info Ed!

04 Apr 2024 21:38:03
Will they cost 100m? Each?

05 Apr 2024 11:20:51
If they don't, people will only moan they are not good enough.

05 Apr 2024 13:04:29
I don't see those payed 100m+ were good enough.
Talking about high price was sarcastic. Since we had the most disastrous transfer windows since "takeover".

05 Apr 2024 18:18:42
I'm sure next season we will see a more experienced and a more together side showing their talents not only as individuals but also as a team.

06 Apr 2024 22:18:01
Agree with Bill1955. If only CFC fans had a little more faith. Yes, it looks to bordering on the ridiculous at the moment, but I'm positive that having had a season of English Premiership football, this young side will gel and prove to be wise investments.

31 Mar 2024 12:46:56
Ed002 do you have any good news regarding chelsea? I know you're a chelsea fan so I don't think you'd be enjoying this season either but do you have anything? A chelsea return for Mr Mourinho perhaps?

{Ed002's Note - Jose Mourinho (C) I would not totally rule out a return to Barcelona for Jose Mourinho but they have a far preferred option and there will be a bitterness from some of the fans for what he achieved in 2011/12. He has turned down offers from the Middle East but further attempts are being made to take him to Al-Shabab. The owners of Chelsea have broken most links to the previous regime, although they did try to get a couple of folks to stay longer, but a move for Mr Mourinho would be a significant change of direction although he has support from a senior advisor to Chelsea and his representatives are offering him back to the club. The advisor feels if Rui Faria were to come as well, it would be a good move. Possible, but wildcard at best. Bayern Munich may offer an interesting option and should not be discounted but they also have preferred targets. Napoli offer an option, but it seems unlikely. Newcastle may offer an option but if they look to recruit Tiago Pinto to replace Ashworth they can forget Mourinho. Another wildcard might be Marseille but everything there is dependent on their new owners arriving.}

31 Mar 2024 14:13:53
Ed thanks for the good news. I’m happy with “wildcards at best. ”.

31 Mar 2024 16:39:04
Ed, is Roberto De Zerbi our first choice?

{Ed002's Note - It is not like that.}

01 Apr 2024 00:27:01
Please no horans heroes. That would be awful.

01 Apr 2024 00:39:11
No way De Zerbi, very overrated coach.

01 Apr 2024 00:49:18
Don’t want De Zerbi at all, it would be interesting to know the candidates the club have in mind if Poch was let go in the summer. Amorim is being linked everywhere at the moment.

01 Apr 2024 21:51:54
Obviously not good news for Chelsea fans.

02 Apr 2024 06:53:07
I assume that includes you?

30 Mar 2024 22:41:16
Ed reports are coming out that we're looking to sell Reece James this summer. I know he's been injury prone, but he is the club captain. Surely it's not true?

{Ed002's Note - Reece James (RB) Real Madrid and Bayern Munich maintain an interest. Real Madrid will push for the summer but are also looking to Alexander Arnold. Fitness and injuries may determin his immediate fututre. Real Madrid may want to include a player in any deal.}

31 Mar 2024 10:09:15
Ed

If we are selling these players, amongst others, surely a swap will not really help with PSR, also any player RM want to include is one they want to get rid of anyway therefore will not be much use to us.

{Ed002's Note - Why obsess about PSR?}

31 Mar 2024 12:40:08
Oh christ. Can see James leaving and then suddenly getting past his injury woes. If this mediocre chelsea continues we won't be able to hold onto palmer too much longer either.

31 Mar 2024 12:30:29
Most fans do now ED has it has enormous repercussions on a football club which fans have no control over what so ever.

31 Mar 2024 13:19:12
Standard,

You need to remember we are a business onto a sporting club.

31 Mar 2024 13:27:15
Standard It’s a tough situation with James. Ideally he’ll be over the worst of his injuries and can stay and have a long career here at Chelsea, but how long do we wait to see if he’s past his injuries? There’s got to be a point in which we decide we have to just let him go.

Bill1955, seen they’d be willing to offer Rodrygo/ Tchoumeni possibly for TAA, both are good players tbf, hardly Real Madrid scraps.

31 Mar 2024 13:55:30
Tcoumeni + money would be good deal.

James is phenomenal, but he cannot be relied upon,

31 Mar 2024 14:16:33
Spot on Bill.

I think James is going to struggle to dislodge Gusto on this season’s performances .

31 Mar 2024 14:35:26
Gusto is sensational.

31 Mar 2024 20:33:43
Do we really need tchoumeni now though Matt? Maybe if Gallagher leaves, but we have like 10 CM’s at the club.

31 Mar 2024 21:31:25
fuser, I would love tcoumeni at our place. He was my No1 choice ahead of the player who playofor the gooners a couple of seasons ago.

I think Gallagher will be leaving.

01 Apr 2024 10:13:43
Agree Tom, CG will leave in the summer.

01 Apr 2024 11:51:24
Im just glad we all recognise gusto as a great player and i personally would cash in on james he is injured every season
Gusto is a great signing only 21 i think so his potential is huge.

01 Apr 2024 21:53:28
James as well.

02 Apr 2024 06:55:32
Maybe!

27 Mar 2024 00:14:56
Ed002 is it true we are interested in dani olmo.

{Ed002's Note - Dani Olmo (AM/W) Signed a new contract last year but could still be sold this summer if a significant offer were made. Atletico, Manchester City and Barcelona are interested, although Barcelona have preferred options. Chelsea considered him as a Mason Mount replacement but have preferred options. Bayern Munich interest has gone.}

25 Mar 2024 18:41:59
I'm not sure if you have reported any changes yet on osihmen but please is there any worthy update as per reports deal has been agreed with Chelsea for osihmen.
Please ignore if it's just the media teasing.

{Ed002's Note - It is as I have explained - it is largely in the hands of the player knowing that he won't be playing in the Champions league if he moves to Chelsea.}

25 Mar 2024 12:10:51
Ed002 any truth we are interested in nottingham forest defender murillo?

{Ed002's Note - Murillo (CB) The sharks are circlisng as Nottingham Forest look to shore the club up against further FFP charges and move players on. Liverpool and Chelsea have have sent scouts but I understand both consider him physically short to meet their desires. Barcelona have also sent scouts as they see him as versatile enough to fit in a three with their revamped defence.}

24 Mar 2024 11:04:34
Ed002 are we interested in lamine camara?

{Ed002's Note - He was watched but cannot move to England and has no intention of moving.}

22 Mar 2024 16:10:01
Ed002 reports saying we scouted gyokeres vs portugal and are going to make an offer soon? Any truth and with osimehen now looking unlikely is he the priority main target for cf? Or is it sesko or someone else? Thanks.

{Ed002's Note - I cannot answer questions about the timing of bids.}

22 Mar 2024 19:41:45
With the osimhen deal looking less likely has gyorkeres our no1 target?

Has a release clause so Chelsea and others know what they have to do if they want him.

23 Mar 2024 07:24:50
Ivan Toney has to be the number one priority this summer. Jackson is getting better with each game and will be ready to lead the line soon. Toney is EPL proven and will do the job for a couple of seasons. Don't waste crazy money on a striker, if we are going to spend big, get a proven CB in ???.

22 Mar 2024 21:58:04
Ed002 Is he our first choice option now for cf?

{Ed002's Note - Chelsea are already looking at other options as they are not convinced Osimhen will want to join in the summer.}

23 Mar 2024 21:19:44
LukakWho imo don't see Tony an improvement on Jackson. besides can't understand how exactly Tony is proven rpl striker what exactly has he proven?

24 Mar 2024 19:39:30
Despite a headers v Brentford and Villa, Jackson doesn’t have the physical and Ariel box threat Toney has, great back to goal 40 yards from goal to give and go or channel runs but when we’ve needed to cross v teams who have numbers in the box, Jackson isn’t in the mould of a Toney or giroud or adebayo awonyi Antonio who’s going to cause panic and win those headers. The ones where you turn a ok cross into a goal rather than scoring header from a cross pin pointed onto his head.

24 Mar 2024 22:20:16
Ed002 do you think we will get gyokeres or try for him? Or is price too high? I personally see us getting sesk. And with Brighton connections could we maybe look at Ferguson?

{Ed002's Note - (1) He is not the first choice. (2) Ferguson would be well down the list.}

27 Mar 2024 13:35:09
Martin I don't get the hype around toney and Jackson only need time to settle down and I think he will perform when we have a formidable team not what poch is doing now. Toney is not even a big fish in a small pond yet you are raving about him. He's not Chelsea level much less one to improve us. So your fabricated skills of toney is a joke to me.

28 Mar 2024 15:30:28
Matt, Haaland isn’t very good in the air. Actually do any of the team in the top five teams play with the sort of CF you describe?

I’m not even sure how many top clubs in any top league play with that type of CF anymore!

29 Mar 2024 15:06:34
I disagree Haaland is okay in the air. Just because teams in the top five don’t have a CF who is good in the air doesn’t mean they don’t want one. Why wouldn’t they, apart from posing a threat in the opponent’s box it is also useful defensively e. g Drogba.

29 Mar 2024 16:56:12
For better or worse the so called modern CF has to have a more rounded game than being good in the air. A good first touch, good movement and pace now seem to be a bigger priority for the better teams in Europe not just the Premiership.

29 Mar 2024 17:26:03
I didn’t realise there is such a thing as a modern CF, I am not suggesting that being strong in the air is the only attribute for a CF but imo a top striker should be good in the air.

29 Mar 2024 17:45:48
In this case I’m using the term “modern” to reflect the current trend.

It would be wonderful if a CF had every attribute but unfortunately that’s is very rare. It would appear that most successful teams and there managers have decided that being good in the air is as important as it used to be.

I’m not even sure my No1 choice (Osimhen) is that good in the air.

29 Mar 2024 19:26:37
Tom, Osimhen is good in the air.

29 Mar 2024 22:24:13
You may or may not remember but I went over to Naples at the end of last season, partly to join in what I thought was going to be a victory parade but Also to see my No1 choice as our CF play.

Needless to say the plan didn’t work out as I had hoped but I did take the opportunity to have many drinks with Napoli fans. I was very keen to bring the conversation around to the player rather than the team. They talked about his pace and work rate more than any other attribute. Obviously I had watched him throughout that season as I have tried to this season, including AFCON, when he was average. I have never thought of him as being brilliant in the air. If that’s another skill he has so much the better.

21 Mar 2024 09:49:51
So Fabrizio Remano, a VERY reliable football reporter has reported that Gallagher asking for wages that are excessively high is untrue, and it's more of a case of chelsea not knowing what they want to do with him and potential necessity of selling him due to our excessive spending and FFP worries.

Shame.

21 Mar 2024 11:54:05
If you choose to read comics that is your choice. Why not trust what the ED's on here say?

{Ed001's Note - it is not so much that. It is that you need to question where he would have got the info from. Romano would have got it from Gallagher's agent, so it will be coloured by his bias. What he considers excessively high might be totally different from what any of the rest of us would think.}

21 Mar 2024 12:19:14
Thanks ED for clearing that up.

{Ed001's Note - he may be right, that is the thing, but you do need to take it with a pinch of salt due to the source. It might very well be that he is making very reasonable requests and the issue is simply the club viewing him as an easy money maker to sell. But Romano is only giving one side of the story, so you always have to bear that in mind.

And you are very welcome.}

21 Mar 2024 12:59:27
Thanks again ED, it is nice to get a balanced view.

{Ed001's Note - always a pleasure G8.}

22 Mar 2024 07:58:21
Don't really understand but both seem to correlate. his high demand could lead to his sale to raise money to meet up with the financial regulation. I really don't mind if he goes or not so long as we can get an upgrade but I can't trust boely on that though. Conor is only energetic but lacks te football sense and technicalities to play in such advanced roles.

22 Mar 2024 14:20:59
Conor has done better than most other CFC players this season with exceptions of Gusto and Palmer imho.

22 Mar 2024 16:29:41
The only info on this issue thus far is that Conor is asking for too much money.
Presumably this is the club briefing certain parties and should be taken with a pinch of salt as well?
It's clear he's a popular players with most Chelsea fans who would take a dim view if he was sold particularly if that was to Spurs.
It's also likely that the club will need to sell some homegrown players to help fund the excessive spending on untested young foreign talent.
I am sure this will be noted by players in the academy.

{Ed001's Note - yes, it should.}

22 Mar 2024 21:42:28
If they are truly good enough and both parties want a Chelsea future it will happen. JT, went on loan, came back and the rest is history. (Bates era), Rice, deemed not good enough (Roman era), Musiala, chose to leave (Roman era), James (Both club and player wanted it to happen (Roman era) . Tammy, wanted to stay but not a TT pick so left (Roman era) . the list is endless.

22 Mar 2024 22:29:43
Absolutely KDrog, it's already been made abundantly clear Boehly and co. See the academy as a way to offset there outrageous signings and excessive fees. Every indication is that were fine in ffp but we do have to raise a substantial amount through player sales and Chalobah and Gallagher represent pure profit. Even though they've been better than Disasi and enzo this year, and others, they will likely be sold along with mattsen etc.

23 Mar 2024 21:35:41
By outrageous signings, you clearly mean outrageously good signings, Yes, I agree, I think the investment in quality young players is to be applauded. Cutting the wage bill too. We are in good shape moving forward. And did you watch Enzo tonight? and Conor? if you didn't, you might want to.

23 Mar 2024 23:58:04
No g8 by outrageous signings I mean the lack of a strategy. Buying 5 players for the same position (Caicedo, Lavia, Ugo, Santos and Casadei) for massive sums. Some transfers I liked but all in all many were so unnecessary and that's now likely put us in a position where we need to sell to comply for FFP.

One game doesn't change that g8, Gallagher has absolutely been more influential and better than enzo this year. Enzo has talent but he has improvements to make.

25 Mar 2024 13:57:16
Completely agree Standard one poor/ good game for a national side doesn't define a season.
The club have signed three midfield players who have barely played in the first team totalling £100m but not to worry they are on low wages!
Currently they are costing us around 1 million Per Game!
Whereas Conor who has been more or less ever present is being greedy and cost nothing!
It would be tough to make this stuff up and be regarded as sane!

28 Mar 2024 13:19:54
This may come as a shock but for all players get wages.

The players we have signed are to replace the players we have ever sold or whose contract was up. Those replacements probably give the club a lower wage bill and a better chance of complying with PSR going forward.

One would think injuries are a new occurrence. Less we forget James, Chilly, Pusilic and many more. The club do not sign players because they want them injured fgs.

29 Mar 2024 17:23:15
Pulisic has made 47 appearances for club and country this season!

29 Mar 2024 18:24:53
Actually, Pusilic echoed a point i made in another post about player rotation.

He suggested that he is clear of injuries this season because he is playing regularly. It was reported by Ashley Cole recently that “full on” games were played at the end of each training session under Jose. Apparently Carlo was shocked to see this type of training when he came to the club.

29 Mar 2024 19:36:55
Tom, that may be the case for Pulisic but when James and Chilwell return from injury they get plenty of game time but get injured again.

30 Mar 2024 06:46:19
Chilly seems to do slightly better than James on the recurring injury front.

Anyway, that wasn’t my point and this is just my theory. Rotation of players is apparently a necessity. So, to keep players match fit training games in my opinion have to replicate a premiership match in intensity.

16 Mar 2024 14:18:42
Ed002 are we interested in ait nouri.

{Ed002's Note - Well down the list - Chelsea has a much preferred option.}

16 Mar 2024 18:14:32
with james and chilwell so injury prone is it possible the club would look to offers for both especially with the emergence of gusto this season?

17 Mar 2024 10:47:18
Just like we did last time, I think we should sign a reliable left back. Chilwell can't stay fit over a period and an experienced player could help with the position.

18 Mar 2024 08:34:36
Cucarella is doing well this season and is very experienced.

18 Mar 2024 07:53:32
Ed002 us miguel gutierrez the preffered option? Are we interested in him?

{Ed002's Note - No.}

18 Mar 2024 09:29:20
Agree tom i like cucerella id would sell chillwell and buy a left back like gusto young and full of potential or keep maatsen if we can.

18 Mar 2024 10:55:03
We have Maatsen if we want to go down that path.

My guess is they will stick with Cucarella and Chilly then sell Maatsen. ’.

18 Mar 2024 23:13:02
I think there’s a release clause for maatsen in his loan deal anyway? So Maatsen staying isn’t entirely in our own hands anymore should Dortmund decide to make the bid. At least as far as I understand.

19 Mar 2024 10:38:22
Ed002 I'm assuming alphonso davies is the first choice but with his price and madrid strongly interested I can't see it unless we have a chance? Do we? Balde we have liked and with barcas wage issues maybe attainable but doubt it. Robinson is good but probably too old for what we go for now and price maybe too high and are we interested in feyenoord impressive Lb hartman? Thanks.

14 Mar 2024 11:03:40
ED02 if I may, are we interested in Leny Yoro?

{Ed002's Note - Try searching.}