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23 Jul 2026 20:07:38.
Chelsea latest transfer news.
Maxence Lacroix looking very likely with Axel Disasi going the other way.
Valentin Barco confirmed.
Bournemouth rejected Chelsea's £64m bid for midfielder Alex Scott this week.
Alonso leading the chase for Bosnia and Herzegovina's Kerim Alajbegovic.
Source. Various.
1.) 23 Jul 2026 20:50:56
Rpd, I think the latest is Disasi isn't going to Palace.
The young lad is highly rated and will probably end up at our sister club on loan.
I may be alone, but I am not a massive fan of Scott.
2.) 23 Jul 2026 23:21:28
I'm sure Palace might want Disasi, but I doubt they'll want the profit from the sale of Lacroix set to zero by buying Disasi within 45 days of the sale.
3.) 24 Jul 2026 08:18:37
The begging bowl Italian clubs are trying to get Desasi on loan for the next 150 years.
11 Jul 2026 13:26:03
Every player not on international duty has reported back to Cobham, except:
• Garnacho
• Disasi
• Badiashile
• Guiu
• Kellyman
• Datro Fofana
• Caleb Wiley
I assume they will all be sold or loaned next season.
Garnacho rumoured to be of interest to Roma; Chelsea want £34 million.
Disasi rumoured to be wanted by West Ham with a fee of £25 million agreed, but player wants to see if a Premier League club comes in.
Kellyman had a very successful loan at Cardiff and will likely go back on loan.
Guiu has a number of suitors.
No news anywhere that I can find on Wiley or Fofana, but their book value is peanuts so no issue.
The one 'bomb squad' player looks like being BB.
Source. Various.
1.) 11 Jul 2026 17:42:54
Seen Saudi links for Garnacho, and they said he'd be happy to go there, so it could be a possible destination for him.
2.) 12 Jul 2026 09:48:49
Hopefully, because I can't see anybody else buying him for the fee we want.
3.) 12 Jul 2026 15:22:33
Chelsea value Alejandro Garnacho at €50m and want a permanent exit. There have been talks with Roma, but the Serie A side want a loan formula. Chelsea are only looking at a permanent sale.
Garnacho is drawing interest from England, Italy and Saudi.
Like Andrey Santos, he wants to be a regular starter, and Chelsea can't offer that. Club and player working together to find a solution.
Garnacho is yet to report for training as all parties are focused on an exit.
Progress being made and it is hoped an exit can be facilitated in the next two weeks.
Source. Ben Jacobs
4.) 16 Jul 2026 22:08:08
If it's a straight loan with obligation, which is achievable, and the end fee is reasonable, I can see it happening. Otherwise, Saudi could offer that much, but there's been plenty of talk of them cutting back on expenditure, so who knows.
24 Jun 2026 21:01:34
According to Sky Sports, Chelsea have placed a large transfer fee on Malo Gusto and Enzo Fernandez.
Everton will not trigger Tyrique George's £25 million buy out clause.
Chelsea want to sign Lacroix from Palace and have stepped up the interest.
Chelsea step up interest in Leeds left back Gabriel Gudmundsson.
Man City, Inter Milan and Liverpool all want to sign Marco Palestra and can offer Champions League football, Palestra is two footed and runs like a panther and is so highly regarded it would be a major coup for any club to land him.
Sources. Sky Sport, Matt Law, Romano, Ornstein.
1.) 25 Jun 2026 08:37:26
Trevoh Chalobah has strong interest from Como and Inter Milan, and can leave Chelsea this summer to pursue a new chapter of his career in Italy.
22 Jun 2026 07:03:48
Como are interested in Chelsea CB Trevoh Chalobah, but there’s big gap in valuation at this stage.
Difficult deal as CFC value Chalobah highly and Como are being careful with their budget.
Source: Fabrizio Romano.
1.) 22 Jun 2026 14:59:14
Maybe they should take their begging bowl elsewhere Rpd.
2.) 23 Jun 2026 07:20:48
I think, in today's market, and if wanted to sell Chalaboa, I think £35-40m ish.
3.) 23 Jun 2026 09:10:27
At least Tom, he is an England international after all.
21 Jun 2026 18:29:16
Some interesting latest rumours on players linked to Chelsea.
Florian Wirtz wanted by Alonso to replace Enzo Fernandez if he leaves according to Sky Sports. A lot of debate on the Liverpool page about this one with their fans split on whether to cash in on him.
Diogo Costa, Portugal goalkeeper thought to be the right profile for Chelsea and apparently recommended by Alonso, would be a major coup to get over the line and would mean Penders possibly leaving as he wants first team football and a clear pathway to be the Chelsea no.1.
I would take at least one of them.
1.) 21 Jun 2026 19:19:25
I would take Wirtz all day long. He knows Alonso well, and before he went to Liverpool I rated him in the top three players in Europe.
Costa would also get a thumbs up from me, as I rate him in the top three keepers in Europe.
I would not be that bothered, within reason, who we sold to get them both.
2.) 22 Jun 2026 08:29:13
Tom
Perhaps Wirrz is another German player who is not suited to the Premiership, ie Werner.
3.) 22 Jun 2026 11:27:13
I agree that Wirtz is totally not suited to the Premier League. When I saw him play last season, I thought he was too weak, got knocked off the ball too easily, and when he did beat a player, they just fouled him.
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27 Jul 2026 20:07:48
I have noticed a few regular posters have now stopped posting so I have decided to join them and have a sabatical. Have a great pre-season posters and ED's.
1.) 27 Jul 2026 21:22:35
RPD, have a good break mate. Your informative posts are always most welcome.
2.) 27 Jul 2026 21:31:52
RPD, I'm sorry to hear that. I always enjoy your posts. Have a good break and come back when you are ready. Hopefully, you won't be able to resist next season when we are playing great football. Take care.
3.) 27 Jul 2026 21:52:19
Yes, have an enjoyable break, RPD, and thanks for all your enjoyably interesting posts.
4.) 28 Jul 2026 08:41:03
Hope you are back soon, RPD. You are a very good poster, always trying to keep us informed as to what's going on.
25 Jul 2026 13:39:13
I have been studying this 45-day UEFA rule, as to me it is just another way for the governing body to make things up as they go along, a bit like FIFA at the WC.
I like the fact that clubs are finding ways around these rules and it appears that The Loophole Economy was used when Garnacho moved to Aston Villa and I assume the same thing will happen if Disasi moves to Palace.
Rather than suing UEFA over the legality of the rule, elite clubs have simply adjusted their transfer strategies to work around it legally using conditional loan structures with future buying clauses that span beyond the 45-day window.
I wonder how UEFA will now respond.
1.) 25 Jul 2026 15:44:41
RPD
I would imagine they have their hankies out now, wondering why they did not think of the loophole.
24 Jul 2026 13:25:31.
Chelsea FC squad is as follows for Australia and SE Asia tour is as follows.
Sanchez, Jorgensen, Sharman-Lowe, Curd, Palestra, Acheampong, Fofana, Sarr, Tosin, Subuloye, Anselmino, Colwill, Hato, Emenalo, Lavia, Essugo, Walsh, Kellyman, Watson, Palmer, Gittens, Estevao, Kavuma-McQueen, Satpaev, Nicoll-Jazuli, Joao Pedro, Delap.
Some interesting omissions like Badiashile, Disasi and Guiu who must surely be on the move?
World Cup players will join up later after their holidays.
1.) 24 Jul 2026 16:30:00
Also missing: Quenda and Emegla: both injured.
2.) 24 Jul 2026 17:04:46
That didn't take long!
3.) 24 Jul 2026 17:08:03
Well it's been arduous: 2 weeks pre-season and 2 practice games.
4.) 24 Jul 2026 17:24:06
Well, I hope it's been as arduous as being reported.
5.) 24 Jul 2026 17:36:25
Quenda is just a minor ankle knock and Chelsea FC don't want to take any chances.
6.) 24 Jul 2026 17:46:10
Tom, so do I. Our running stats last season were the worst in the PL: an improvement in that could make a difference.
7.) 24 Jul 2026 17:47:43
RPD, but Emegla is a hamstring injury.
8.) 24 Jul 2026 22:11:04
Yes, Jimbo, I saw that. A real shame, as I think he has talent, but it gives young Satpayev a chance, and I saw an article where a few ex-players described him as being the real deal. We will, of course, see.
9.) 25 Jul 2026 15:25:12
Can only hope so, but he, of course, has no EPL experience. A big ask. Surely last season demonstrated that Pedro needed backup from the bench, who could have an impact. Delap wasn't that. Guiu not trusted. Satpaev so young. Emegha constantly injured. It has to be either Jackson or another experienced striker signed. Alvarez hijacked from Barcelona deal would do nicely. Lol.
23 Jul 2026 17:39:38.
Chelsea beat Bromley 3-0 today in a behind closed doors friendly. Joao Pedro, Gittens and Emegha scored. Emenalo started and further youth like Walsh, Watson and Nichol-Jazuli came on.
That is now back to back goals for Gittens and Emegha in our 2 friendlies, and word has it that Alonso is very impressed with them both and in particular, Gittens.
Nothing to get overly excited about but I thought I would share with you all.
1.) 23 Jul 2026 17:54:14
RPD, thank and very interesting, mate.
2.) 23 Jul 2026 20:39:06
What league are Bromley in, Rpd?
3.) 23 Jul 2026 20:40:58
Ok, just checked, and Bromley are League 1.
4.) 23 Jul 2026 21:10:34
Got promoted from League 2, which they won.
5.) 23 Jul 2026 22:52:12
From reading reports about the game, it sounds like we had a lot of under 18s playing at various times. I think the plan is to take 7 youngsters on our pre season tour.
6.) 23 Jul 2026 23:26:55
Any idea what formation we played in the 2 games? Not to say that’ll be the formation going forward, but it would be interesting to know.
7.) 24 Jul 2026 06:31:18
Fuser, from what I have been reading, it would seem 4-2-3-1.
8.) 24 Jul 2026 08:24:35
Thank you, Rpd, for all of your updates. Keep them coming, it's much appreciated.
9.) 24 Jul 2026 10:55:22
Thank you, Bill.
10.) 24 Jul 2026 11:52:49
Looks like Emegha pulled his hamstring in the last one so misses out on the tour.
11.) 24 Jul 2026 12:24:24
Fuser, that is a shame. I always believe pre-season sets a standard for the year.
Apparently training has been full on, and I like that. Maybe we won't be outworked by every team in the Premiership this season.
22 Jul 2026 15:51:50
Is £100 million the norm now for decent players moving to Premier League clubs? That is the question being asked by punters and pundits alike.
1.) 22 Jul 2026 16:39:08
It appears to be RPD. Look at Crystal Palace, they are quoting for their CH.
Teams like Arsenal have been caught out, and are finding their budgets are not sufficient, whereas, on the other hand, clubs like Forest and Bournemouth are striking gold.
2.) 22 Jul 2026 17:13:27
Bill, it is crazy. However, you can look at it another way. Say the highest amount a PL club would pay for a player is £75 million. If we were trying to sell Jackson, we couldn't ask for more than £35 million. However, with current prices, we are quoting £65 million.
3.) 22 Jul 2026 17:27:02
I seem to remember us getting approx £15m loan fee for Jackson from BM. That also looks cheap now!!
4.) 22 Jul 2026 21:11:18
The disparity in income between the PL and other leagues is astronomical. Last season, the PL had 9 out of the top 20 clubs in revenue, 6 in the top 10, and 6 more from 21-30. So, 15/30 of the highest earning clubs are from the PL. West Ham was 20th, Brentford and Wolves 29th and 30th. Let that sink in for a second. There are 4 German, 3 Italian and 3 Spanish clubs in the top 30.
The disparity is only growing too. With the change from FFP to SCR, I think we'll start to see higher fees, but slightly lower wages going forward from the bigger clubs in order to meet SCR.
There does also seem to be less top talents/high potential players around atm, which is forcing prices up.
5.) 23 Jul 2026 08:05:11
Maybe Blue.co saw this coming and hence the stockpiling of talent to sell at a profit? I think one poster called it player trading to beat PSR.
6.) 23 Jul 2026 08:51:56
RPD, I'm not sure how true this is, but I was told that you often get inflated transfer fee prices after a WC.
Having said that, it does look like a significant percentage of the players we invested in could be sold now for a real or book profit.
That takes the £1.5bn blown argument off the table. Whether we invested in the right positions is still a valid argument, in my opinion.
7.) 23 Jul 2026 09:09:44
Tom, "the £1.5bn blown" comment tended to be from the same 2 individuals and was never relevant.
8.) 23 Jul 2026 09:25:32
RPD, I bet they would rush back if we lost money on a string of investments. I think one popped back when we sold a player recently. It's all just good fun!!
9.) 23 Jul 2026 10:19:11
Tom, RPD
Like all deals, some we will make a profit on, some we will lose money on, it's the way it goes. For example, how much do you think we would get for Fofana?
10.) 23 Jul 2026 11:12:54
Bill, that was always the point. It was when some posters mentioned that £1.5bn had been "blown." Obviously, that couldn't be true as an amount, but, as I say, the choice of "player" could be an argument, but us fans would never agree on that point.
11.) 23 Jul 2026 17:04:31
Tom, we have blown a lot of money. End of the day, players in the starting XI will always mean more to fans than amortised book values, of which the majority on here won't have a clue about.
Garnacho a prime example. We may sell him to Villa at a similar price to what we paid for him (which is great), however we wasted a year with him as a serious starting option, which should never have been the case.
Most on here said at the time they didn't see it working out, and we have now had to spend again on a player who may play on the left, or we could be looking at further signings at LW. Ditto for the fullback, CB and keeper positions specifically, and to an extent CM, although, granted, Enzo's future largely decides that.
12.) 23 Jul 2026 17:28:58
For me there are three separate issues. The amount of money spent is not the most important of them.
1) The poor advice received and accepted at the start of our present owners' tenure. I think we were lucky to get out of those deals without too much damage other than wasting time. As I said at the time, I was fearful of so-called "statement" signings.
2) The so-called investment in young players made some sort of sense, albeit I saw it as an experiment. What I do not understand is what I see as another experiment in the appointment of certain managers. Unlike some, I had no problems with TT getting the tin tac.
3) I have mentioned the investment in young players, but like most I think it went too far.
We should have been looking for a tad more experience in key positions, also players with leadership qualities.
I have now, and never had, any doubts that if we sold the whole squad we would get a good return, cash-wise, on our transfer investment, but I accept some of the investments will turn out to be bad, cash- and player-wise; that just happens, in my opinion, at every club.
The term "blown" was used in the financial sense, and that is clearly not the case, but have we made player signings that were not a priority? In my opinion, yes. Have we wasted time with an experiment? In my opinion, yes.
13.) 23 Jul 2026 21:56:19
Tom, there are signs that the club are moving in a different direction. I don't really care whether we have "blown" X amount. I am interested in the here and now, and building a squad to compete next season and beyond.
Appointing Alonso so quickly is a positive sign. The transfer window will be interesting, both as regards to ins and outs. No doubt, I will moan about some incomings, or perhaps not?
25 Jul 2026 13:32:17
Thanks, Tom, for sharing. Multiple reports say Neto is wanted by Man City, but Chelsea FC are not pushing to sell and will not stand in his way if he wishes to leave.
19 Jul 2026 22:06:55
JBS, I think you are right, let's not sign him and give Josh a chance instead.
18 Jul 2026 12:50:06
Was he highly rated by Enzo Maresca J? Played a fair bit in the Conference League?
12 Jul 2026 15:22:33
Chelsea value Alejandro Garnacho at €50m and want a permanent exit. There have been talks with Roma, but the Serie A side want a loan formula. Chelsea are only looking at a permanent sale.
Garnacho is drawing interest from England, Italy and Saudi.
Like Andrey Santos, he wants to be a regular starter, and Chelsea can't offer that. Club and player working together to find a solution.
Garnacho is yet to report for training as all parties are focused on an exit.
Progress being made and it is hoped an exit can be facilitated in the next two weeks.
Source. Ben Jacobs
03 Jul 2026 16:49:38
I think you are correct, J.
24 Jul 2026 22:11:04
Yes, Jimbo, I saw that. A real shame, as I think he has talent, but it gives young Satpayev a chance, and I saw an article where a few ex-players described him as being the real deal. We will, of course, see.
24 Jul 2026 22:08:13
I agree with you, Jimbo. It looks to me like Alonso has identified our weaknesses and is calling the shots. He is turning us into a very strong and physical team.
24 Jul 2026 17:36:25
Quenda is just a minor ankle knock and Chelsea FC don't want to take any chances.
24 Jul 2026 10:55:22
Thank you, Bill.
23 Jul 2026 09:34:34
Fabrizio Romano reporting on Garnacho and Aston Villa.
The obligation to buy clause is considered easy to reach, almost 100% guaranteed, and just a way to get around UEFA rules.
Chelsea count on a permanent transfer for 2027, as Garnacho has also signed a four-year deal ahead of the switch.
The second part of the medical is ongoing now.
Chelsea will make a real profit and significant book profit on the player.