Transfer Talk Topic

[Ham]

My Twitter has been down for over an hour. Based upon the rate we were signing players before midday, have I missed a few?

[Bob Singleton]

As it's the start of a new month, an overview of the gossip so far. As always this is just a bit of fun. Info as correct as I can manage up to and including 30^th June 2023

Anything in red is either a new rumour or a change in circumstances (such as new contract signed) since the last update (1^st June). In most cases I've only noted the first rumour seen, but where a story changes (for example one claims a swap deal where no swap was in the original story) this has also been included. Blue represents players signed by Chelsea.

To avoid confusion, only transfers confirmed by either or both clubs are considered as official. Until then, they remain 'rumours' (eg neither Sporting nor PSG have as yet officially confirmed the transfer of Manuel Ugarte).


 

* Linked in Summer 2022 or January 2023
# Linked as a result of club being relegated
§ Linked specifically because of Pochettino

 

GOALKEEPERS

Robert Sanchez * (Brighton & Hove Albion) - 1^st Feb, Simon Philips (Twitter)
David Raya * (Brentford) - 1^st Feb, Daily Express; 8^th March, Fabrizio Romano (Twitter), 30^th April, TNT Sports Argentina via Fichajes §
Jordan Pickford * (Everton) - 5^th Feb, Ben Jacobs (Twitter)
Diogo Costa * (Porto) - 6^th Feb, Simon Philips (Twitter)
Yassine Bonou (Seville) - 13^th Feb, Football Insider
Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund) - 2^nd March, Blick
Andre Onana (Inter Milan) [possible Mendy + cash swap] - 18^th March, Inter Live & Fichajes
                                       [possible Kepa + cash swap] - 26^th April, Gazzetto dello Sport
                                       [possible Chalobah & RL-C swap] - 30^th April, Football London
                                       [straight purchase] - 5^th May, Calciomercatoweb
Ilan Meslier * (Leeds United) - 18^th March, Football Insider; 30^th May, Tuttomercatoweb #
Jan Oblak * (Atletico Madrid) - 21^st March, Football Insider
Dean Henderson (Manchester United) - 27^th March, The Hard Tackle
Giorgi Mamardashvili (Valencia) - 6^th April, COPE.es
Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa) - 11^th May, TyC Sports (via Daily Mail) §
Mike Maignon (AC Milan) - 13^th May, Footmercato §
Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus) - 24^th May, Calciomercatoweb
Anatoliy Trubin (Shakhtar Donetsk) - 27^th June, Fabrizio Romano, Substack



DEFENDERS

Denzel Dumfries * (Inter Milan) - 9^th Feb, TuttoSport
Joao Cancelo (Manchester City, on loan at Bayern Munich) - 13^th Feb, 90min
Merih Demiral (Atalanta) - 1^st March, Fotomac
Josko Gvardiol * (RB Leipzig) - 2^nd March, The Times
Alessandro Bastoni * (Inter Milan) - 29^th March, Gazzetta dello Sport
Alejandro Balde (Barcelona) - 31^st March, Sport.es
Mohammed Salisu (Southampton) - 3^rd April, Football Fancast
Antonio Silva (Benfica) - 7^th April, Fichajes
Ridle Baku * (VfL Wolfsburg) - 9^th April, Christian Falk (Twitter)
Luka Vuskovic (Hajduk Split) [16 years old] - 25^th April, Daily Mail
Alex Moreno (Aston Villa) - 5^th May, Footmercato
Pau Torres * (Villareal) - 11^th May, Daily Mirror §
Kim Min-Jae (SSC Napoli) - 14^th May, Il Mattino
Jules Koundé * (Barcelona) - 25^th May, Sport.es
Mikayil Faye (18, Senegal) (NK Kustosija, Croatia) - 6^th June, Daily Mail
Castello Lukeba (Olympique Lyonnais) - 10^th June, But! (Fr)
Alvaro Odriozola (Real Madrid) - 13^th June, Mundo Deportivo (via Daily Express)
Axel Disasi (AS Monaco) - 22^nd June, RMC
Gleison Bremer * (Juventus) - 26^th June, Daily Mail
Rafa Marin (Real Madrid Castilla) - 28^th June, Venê Casagrande, Twitter


 

MIDFIELDERS

Sofyan Amrabat (Fiorentina) - 1^st Feb, Sport Bible
Declan Rice * (West Ham United) - 1^st Feb, Adam Newson (Twitter) + various others
Romeo Lavia * (Southampton) - 1^st Feb, Daily Mail; 16^th Feb, Simon Philips (Twitter);
                                               14^th May, Daily Mail, Guardian, Telegraph & elsewhere #
Moises Caicedo * (Brighton & Hove Albion) - 9^th Feb, Ben Jacobs (Twitter)
                                                                2^nd March, New Contract to 2027 +1 year on B&HA website
                                                                14^th May, Daily Mail §
                                                                 3^rd June, cash + Colwill (loan), Simon Philips (Twitter)
Jude Bellingham * (Borussia Dortmund) - 15^th Feb, Daily Telegraph – Real Madrid
Kendry Paez, (Independiente del Valle ECU) [15 years old] - 15^th Feb, 90min; 24^th Feb, Fabrizio Romano (Twitter), Agreement to sign once 18yrs old; 3^rd April, Fabrizio Romano (Twitter); Agreement in principle, 26^th April, Mach Deportes
James Maddison * (Leicester City) - 16^th Feb, Ekrem Konur (Twitter) Transfer confirmed, Tottenham Hotspur, 28^th June
Giannis Konstantelias (PAOK Salonika) - 20^th Feb, Inside Futbol
Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) - 26^th Feb, Gazzetta dello Sport, Transfer confirmed, Al Nassr, 29^th June
Yunus Musah (Valencia) - 1^st March, Metro
Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig) - 3^rd March, TuttoMercatoWeb
Manu Koné (Borussia Monchengladbach) - 5^th March, Christian Falk (Twitter and BILD)
Frenkie de Jong * (Barcelona) - 7^th March, Fichajes
Daichi Kamada (Borussia Dortmund) - 8^th March, Daily Mail
Bruno Guimaraes * (Newcastle United) - 10^th March, Newcastle World
Joao Palhinha (Fulham) - 13^th March, The Sun
Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal) [15 years old] - 14^th March, Daily Telegraph; 3^rd April, Metro (Jack Wilshire interview), Signs Scholarship terms with Arsenal, 29^th June
Edson Alvarez * (Ajax Amsterdam) - 14^th March, De Telegraaf
Ibrahim Sangaré * (PSV Eindhoven) - 16^th March, Twente Insite
Alexis Mac Allister * (Brighton & Hove Albion) - 25^th March, ESPN; 14^th May, Daily Mail, Metro & elsewhere § Transfer confirmed, Liverpool 7^th June
Nicolo Barella * (Inter Milan) - 9^th April, Calciomercatoweb
Gavi (Barcelona) - 11^th April, Barca Blaugranes via AS
Youssouf Fofana (AS Monaco) - 1^st May, Daily Mail
Manuel Ugarte (Sporting CP) - 3^rd May, FootballTransfers
- 30^th May (cash + D Fofana on loan), Record Portugal
Ismael Bennacer (AC Milan) - 4^th May, Calciomercatoweb
Khephren Thuram (OGC Nice) - 8^th May, Rudy Galetti, Twitter
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Tottenham Hotspur) - 14^th May, Fichajes.es §
Stanislav Lobotka (SSC Napoli) - 17^th May, Il Mattino
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Strasbourg) - 20^th May, Daily Express
Ismael Doukoure (Strasbourg) - 20^th May, Daily Express
Habib Diarra (Strasbourg) - 20^th May, Daily Express
Leandro Paredes (PSG) - 24^th May, ESPN
James Ward-Prowse * (Southampton) - 26^th May, Football Transfers #§
Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) - 1^st June, SPORT.es §
Gabri Veiga (Celta Vigo) - 6^th June, The Guardian
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic * (Lazio) - 11^th June, The Sun
Gabri Veiga (Celta Vigo) - 13^th June, Miguel Delaney via The Independent
Amadou Onana * (Everton) - 14^th June, Sacha Tavolieri, Twitter
Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) - 16^th June, David Ornstein, Twitter

ATTACKERS

Victor Osimhen * (SSC Napoli) - 4^th Feb, Daily Mirror; 19^th March [Swap deal – Pulisic] Calciomercatoweb
Rafael Leao * (AC Milan) - 4^th Feb, La Stampa; 20^th Feb, Fichajes; 10^th May, 5 year contract extension, official AC Milan web site
Dusan Vlahovic * (Juventus) - 10^th Feb, Ben Jacobs (Twitter);
                                         (Lukaku + cash), 3^rd June, Gazzetto dello Sport
Joao Felix * (Atletico Madrid on loan to Chelsea) Permanent move - 10^th Feb, various via AS; Swap deal (Cucurella and Aubameyang) - 9^th May, Evening Standard & Daily Express; Atletico Madrid confirm return to club, 30^th May, Daily Mail & elsewhere
Gonçalo Ramos (Benfica) - 10^th Feb, Sporting Life; 22^nd Feb, Correio da Manha
Marcus Thuram * (Borussia Monchengladbach – Out of Contract 30 June 2023) - 10^th Feb, Daily Mail
Vitor Roque (Athletico Paranaese) [18 end of Feb] - 10^th Feb, Goal
Abde Ezzalzouli (Barcelona) - 12^th Feb, Mundo Deportivo
Neymar (PSG) - 15^th Feb, Le Parisien, 30^th April, Football Insider §
Ivan Toney * (Brentford) - 17^th Feb, Dean Jones (Twitter); 30^th April, TNT Sports Argentina via Fichajes §,
                                       8 MONTH FA BAN 17^th MAY
Evan Ferguson (Brighton & Hove Albion U-18) - 20^th Feb, The Sun
Tammy Abraham * (Roma) - 28^th Feb, Football Insider; 1^st March, SiamoLaRoma
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia * (SSC Napoli) - 1^st March, Gazzetta dello Sport
Wilfred Zaha * (Crystal Palace) - 4^th March, Daily Mail; 4^th May, Daily Mail §
Hirving Lozano (SSC Napoli) - 8^th March, Raffaele Auriemma (Radio CRC)
Trevan Sanusi (Birmingham City - 16 in April) - 10^th March, Transfer Tavern
Raphinha * (Barcelona) - 13^th March, Daily Mail
Dujan Richards (Phoenix All Stars Academy, JAM) - 13^th March, Pre-contract signed, Various Will join on 11^th Oct 2023 (18^th birthday)
Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid) - 19^th March, Sunday Mirror
Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds United) - 21^st March, Gazzetta dello Sport
Harry Kane * (Tottenham Hotspur) - 21^st March, The Metro; [Lukaku + cash swap]
                                                     24^th March, Fichajes;
                                                     14^th May, Daily Mail, Metro & elsewhere §
Filip Kostic (Juventus) - 21^st March, Calciomercatoweb
Samuel Iling-Junior (Juventus) - 23^rd March, 90min, Evening Standard & others
Federico Chiesa * (Juventus) - 24^th March, Calciomercatoweb
Alex Matos (Norwich City) - 25^th March, Fabrizio Romano (Twitter); Confirmed TOCWS 3^rd May
Mason Melia (St Patrick’s Athletic, RoI) [15 years old] - 26^th March, Football Insider
Rasmus Hojlund (Atalanta) - 3^rd April, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror + elsewhere
Adama Bojang (Steve Biko FC, Gambia) - 10^th April, Daily Mail
Julian Alvarez (Manchester City) - 17^th April, Goal
Diego Moreira (Benfica B) pre-contract signed? - 22^nd April, Record.pt; Confirmed TOCWS 30^th June
Makise Evans (Stevenage Borough) [16 years old] - 1^st May, The Sun
Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich) - 1^st May, Football London via Christian Falk
Emanuel Emegha (Sturm Graz) - 4^th May, Foot Mercato
Lionel Messi (PSG – free agent on 30 June) 5^th May, football.london § Inter Miami Confirmed
Lautaro Martinez * (Inter Milan) - 5^th May, foootball.london; 14^th May Daily Mail, Metro & elsewhere §
                                               - 20^th June, “No discussions” Javier Zanetti – Inter VP, Fabrizo Romano, Twitter
Jonathan David * (OSC Lille) - 5^th May, L'Équipe
Gift Orban (Gent) - 18^th May, Evening Standard
Habib Dialo (Strasbourg) - 20^th May, Daily Express
Ferran Torres * (Barcelona) - 24^th May, Simon Phillips (Substack)
Aleksandar Mitrovic * (Fulham) - 26^th May, Simon Phillips (Substack)
Marco Assensio (Real Madrid – Contract ends 30^th June) - 27^th May, Fabrizio Romano & Team Talk; Will sign for PSG, 1^st July, The Athletic
Randal Kolo Muani (Eintracht Frankfurt) - 27^th May, Christian Falk
Dominic Calvert-Lewin * (Everton) - 10^th June, Dean Jones in GIVEMESPORT
Kylian Mbappe * (PSG)) - 13^th June, Daily Mail & elsewhere
Nicolas Jackson (Villarreal) - 14^th June, Nizaar Kinsella via Evening Standard, CONFIRMED 30^th June
Dominic Ballard (Southampton - 18yrs old) - 18^th June, The Observer
Mohammed Kudus (Ajax Amsterdam) - 27^th June, Simon Philips, Substack
Ângelo Gabriel (Santos) - 28^th June, AS


 

[Bob Singleton]

CHELSEA PLAYERS OUT?


Italics = On loan 2022-23

Arrizabalaga -
Baxter - Reading, 1^st June, Football Insider
Bettinelli -
Cumming -
Mendy - Manchester United, 2^nd Feb, Evening Standard
          - Tottenham Hotspur, 2^nd Feb, Evening Standard
          - Atletico Madrid, 2^nd Feb, Evening Standard
          - Bayern Munich, 24^th March, Matthew Debono (Twitter)
          - Al Ahli (Saudi Arabia) Personal terms agreed, 20^th June, Fabrizio Romano
          - Transfer to Al Ahli CONFIRMED, 28^th June
Slonina -


Ampadu – 23^rd June, Chelsea set £12m price. Various unnamed clubs interested, Evening Standard
Azpilicueta - Real Madrid, 10^th March, Fichajes
                 - Bayern Munich, 21^st June, TransferCentre
                 - Inter Milan, 21^st June, Sky Sports & Fabrizio Romano
                 - Atletico Madrid, 30^th June, Fabrizio Romano
Badiashile -
Castillo -
Chalobah - AS Roma, 20^th Feb, Calciomercatoweb
               - Inter Milan, 10^th June, Tuttomercatoweb
Chilwell - Manchester City, 1^st Feb, Goal.com; 2^nd Feb, The Times
            - Real Madrid, 14^th March, Defensa Central
            - New Chelsea contract close to being signed, 10^th April, David Ornstein (Twitter & The Athletic) and elsewhere
              11^th April - 2 year extension (to 2027) confirmed on TOCWS
Colwill - Liverpool, 1^st March, Goal;
          - Manchester City, 6^th March, 90min;
          - Arsenal, 6^th March, Goal;
          - Tottenham Hotspurs, 19^th April, Metro
          - Brighton & Hove Albion, £30m bid rejected, 1^st June, Evening Standard & elsewhere
          - Brighton & Hove Albion, loan as part of Caicedo 'deal', 3^rd June, Simon Philips (Twitter)
Cucurella - Atletico Madrid (swap deal plus Aubameyang for Felix), 9^th May, Evening Standard & Daily Express
              - Newcastle United, 17^th June, Daily Mail
Fofana, W -
Gusto -
Hall – Crystal Palace (loan) - 29^th May, Daily Mail
Humphreys -
James - Real Madrid, 29^th March, Daily Mail via AS
Koulibaly - Inter Milan, 2^nd Feb, Simon Philips (Twitter)
              - Juventus, 24^th April, Gazzetta dello Sport
              - Juventus (Loan), 30^th April, Tuttomercatoweb
              - Al Ittihad (Saudi Arabia), 13^th June, GetFrenchFootballNews (Twitter)
              - Transfer to Al Ittihad CONFIRMED, 25^th June
Lawrence - Coventry City, 13^th June, Evening Standard
Maatsen – Burnley * (currently on loan at Burnley), 1^st Feb, Football League World
Saar –
Silva – Fluminense, 5^th May, Mario Bittencourt (Fluminense President)
Sterling, D - Glasgow Rangers (Contract ends June 2023), 11^th May, Evening Standard
                 - Confirmed on Glasgow Rangers official web site, 30^th May


Anjorin -
Bakayoko -
Chukwuemeka - Burnley (loan) & Sheffield United (loan), 14^th May, The 72
                      - AC Milan, 10^th June, Gianluca di Marzio
Elliott -
Gallagher - Newcastle United * 2^nd Feb, Evening Standard;
               - Crystal Palace * 2^nd Feb, Evening Standard;
               - Everton * 2^nd Feb, Evening Standard;
               - Liverpool 2^nd April, Daily Mail, Independent + elsewhere
               - West Ham United, 11^th April, Evening Standard
               - Brighton & Hove Albion, 19^th June, Football Insider
               - Borussia Dortmund, 21^st June, Florian Plettenberg, Sky Sports Germany

Hutchinson –
Kante - Liverpool, 4^th Feb, Fichajes;
         - Barcelona, 4^th Feb, Fichajes;
         - Real Madrid, 4^th Feb, Fichajes
         - Atletico Madrid, 5^th Feb, Mundo Deportivo
         - Juventus, 9^th Feb, Tuttomercatoweb
         - Manchester United, 14^th March, Daily Express
         - Al Hilal, Al Nassr, Al Ahli and Al Ittihad (all Saudii Arabia), 1^st June, Fabrizio Romano
          - Al Ittihad transfer CONFIRMED, 20^th June

Kovacic - Juventus (swap deal with Zakaria), 5^th Feb, Calciomercatoweb;
            - Manchester City, 28^th Feb, Daily Telegraph
            - AC Milan, 14^th March, Pianeta Milan
            - Bayern Munich, 24^th March, Calciomercatoweb; Matthew Debono (Twitter)
            - Real Madrid, 16^th April, Fichajes
            - Manchester United, 10^th May, Metro, Daily Mail, Guardian & elsewhere
            - Manchester City, permission to talk, 1^st June, all media sources
            - Transfer to Manchester City CONFIRMED 27^th June
Loftus-Cheek - AC Milan, 5^th March, Calciomercatoweb
                    - AC Milan, talks ongoing and agreement close, 28^th May, numerous media sources
                    - Lazio, 21^st June, Gazzetta dello Sport
                    - AC Milan transfer CONFIRMED, 29^th June
Madueke -
Mount - Liverpool * 1^st Feb, Daily Mail; 16^th Feb, Daily Star; 16^th Feb, Daily Mirror
          - Manchester United, 16^th Feb, Daily Star; 16^th Feb, Daily Mirror; 9^th March, The Guardian
          - Manchester City, 16^th Feb, Daily Star; 16^th Feb, Daily Mirror
          - Newcastle United, 7^th March, Daily Mail
          - Bayern Munich, 28^th March, Daily Mail & elsewhere
          - Real Madrid, 16^th April, Fichajes
          - Arsenal, 21^st April, FourFourTwo
          - Manchester United, Personal terms agreed, 1^st June, all media sources
          - Manchester United, Fee agreed, 28^th June, all media sources
Mudryk -
Pulisic - Atletico Madrid, 14^th Feb, Fichajes;
          - Real Madrid, 23^rd Feb, DefensaCentral
          - Newcastle United *, 28^th Feb, 90min, Transfer Insider, The Boot Room and others
          - Leeds United, 2^nd March, Daily Express
          - SSC Napoli (swap + cash for Osimhen), 18^th March, Calciomercatoweb
         - Manchester United, 21^st March, Givemesport
         - Juventus, 3^rd May, Tuttomercatoweb
         - SSC Napoli (no swap), 3^rd May, Tuttomercatoweb
         - Galatasaray. 6^th June, FOX Sport (USA)
         - AC Milan, 7^th June, Football Italia
         - Lyon, 24^th June, Daily Mail
         - Crystal Palace, 24^th June, Daily Mail
         - AC Milan, Personal terms agreed 29^th June, ESPN
Santos - Vasco de Gama (loan), 25^th Feb, Fabrizio Romano (Twitter) – loan confirmed 2^nd March
Simons - Hull City (currently on loan at Hull City), 1^st March, Fabrizio Romano (Twitter)
            - Hull City confirm permanent deal, 16^th March
Vale -
Webster - SC Heerenveen (loan), 1^st June, Leeuwarder Courant
             - SC Heerenveen Loan Confirmed 30^th June TOCWS


Aubameyang - Barcelona, 2^nd Feb, Evening Standard; 4^th Feb, Daily Mail;
                   - Barcelona (on a 'free transfer') 21^st March, Daily Mail
                   - Atletico Madrid, 2^nd Feb, Evening Standard; 5^th Feb, Daily Mail
                   - AC Milan, 5^th Feb, Daily Mail
                   - Los Angeles FC (Loan), 9^th Feb, Daily Mirror
                   - Inter Milan, 25^th March, Barca Universal
                   - Atletico Madrid (swap deal plus Cucurella for Felix), 9^th May, Evening Standard
                   - Al Hilal, Al Nassr, Al Ahli and Al Ittihad (all Saudi Arabia), 1^st June, Fabrizio Romano
                   - Galatasaray, 13^th June, Daily Express
Broja - Sporting Club de Portugal (Season loan) - 25^th April, Bola na Rede
         - West Ham United * - 10^th June, The Times
         - Brighton & Hove Albion - 15^th June, The Athletic
Burstow - Charlton Athletic (loan) – 22^nd June, Football League World
Felix (on loan TO Chelsea) – Manchester United, 2^nd April, Mundo Deportivo;
                                      Atletico Madrid confirm return to club, 30^th May, Daily Mail & elsewhere
Fofana, D - Sporting CP (loan as part of purchase of Ugarte), 30^th May, Record Portugal
               - Union Berlin (loan), 27^th June, Bild
Havertz - Real Madrid, 10^th March, Defensa Central
            - Bayern Munich, 4^th June, Sky Sports Germany
            - Arsenal, 7^th June, Daily Telegraph
             - Arsenal, 28^th June Transfer CONFIRMED
Hudson-Odoi - Arsenal *, 1^st Feb, Daily Mirror; 2^nd Feb, The Guardian; 2^nd Feb, Evening Standard;
                    - Nottingham Forest, 30^th May, Daily Mail
                    - Lazio, 9^th June, LazioNews24
                    - AC Milan, 10^th June, Calciomercatoweb
                    - Fulham, 11^th June, The Observer
                    - Two (unnamed) Saudi clubs, 20^th June, Simon Philips, Twitter
                    - West Ham United, 28^th June, Ben Jacobs
Lukaku - Inter Milan * (on loan to Inter Milan) Further loan - 4^th Feb, di Marzio;
             9^th Feb, Gazzetta dello Sport; (swap + cash for Dusan Vlahovic, Juvenntus), 3^rd June, Gazzetto dello Sport
            - Chelsea (return to club) - 28^th Feb, Sky Sports Italia; 14^th March Giuseppe Marotta, Inter Milan's CEO, 5^th May, Gazzetta dello Sport §
            - Real Madrid (loan?) - 18^th March, Fichajes
            - Aston Villa - 20^th March, Fichajes
            - Bayern Munich - 24^th March, Fichajes
           - Tottenham Hotspur (player + cash swap for Harry Kane) - 24^th March, Fichajes
           - Real Madrid (purchase) - 11^th June, Sky Sports Germany
           - Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) - 13^th June, Sacha Tavolieri (Twitter)
Sterling, R – Arsenal, 27^th Feb, Daily Mirror
Ziyech - Manchester United, 2^nd Feb, Evening Standard;
           - AC Milan, 2^nd Feb, Evening Standard;
           - Roma, 2^nd Feb, Evening Standard;
           - Tottenham Hotspur, 4^th Feb, Dean Jones (via GiveMeSport)
           - West Ham United, 2^nd April, Jeunes Footeaux
           - Fulham, 2^nd April, Jeunes Footeaux
           - Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia), 13^th June, The Guardian

 

 

[chara]

Amazing contribution @Bob Singleton....appreciate all the effort Bob...

[Flinkers]

5 hours ago, ROTG said:

This season Chelsea could be the first team to have two development squads. One playing in PL the other in PL2

 

I’ll get my coat in honour of the BBC playing the original The Fast Show last night 👍

At this stage you should probably just leave it on…

[Mark Kelly]

8 hours ago, ROTG said:

Just triggered Pizarro another Import from the German league - Fortunately he was a free transfer 😃

I've never seen a more cowardly centre forward in my life, dreadful. Made Havertz look like Costa. 

[Blue Orca]

10 hours ago, Ham said:

Me too.  Went back to EE. 

#Me too lol

[Blue Orca]

19 hours ago, ROTG said:

Report to Cobham and show the coach what he can do. 

What he used to be able to do. He's a crock and not just the injured kind

 

[Blue Orca]

9 hours ago, Mark Kelly said:

What a player.

I'm still having nightmares.

Timmy Elms, I remember an away match as West Ham when his name was read out as our sub the whe ground laughed. Though we were 0-4 down. 

[asvaberg]

50 minutes ago, Blue Orca said:

Timmy Elms, I remember an away match as West Ham when his name was read out as our sub the whe ground laughed. Though we were 0-4 down. 

Not the best CV 🙂

https://www.stamford-bridge.com/player.php?id=171&surname=Elmes&firstname=Timmy

[RDCW]

1 hour ago, Blue Orca said:

Timmy Elms, I remember an away match as West Ham when his name was read out as our sub the whe ground laughed. Though we were 0-4 down. 

I remember being at the Bridge when the pa announced Danny Granville! The while ground went, "Who?"

Just googled him and he is now an academy coach at Arsenal.

Edited July 1, 2023 by RDCW

[chrisb]

5 minutes ago, RDCW said:

I remember being at the Bridge when the pa announced Danny Granville! The while ground went, "Who?"

Just googled him and he is now an academy coach at Arsenal.

I remember him, didn’t he come up through the academy?

[hallgalley]

14 minutes ago, chrisb said:

I remember him, didn’t he come up through the academy?

I thought we bought him from Cambridge 

[RDCW]

15 minutes ago, chrisb said:

I remember him, didn’t he come up through the academy?

No, bought from Cambridge U. 

[Mark Kelly]

Apparently we've signed a kid from Benfica on a free transfer, Diego Moreira. 

I think he's yet another winger 

[Blue Kratos]

I do remember him starting the cup winners cup final back in 1998.

[Chelsea_Matt]

Danny Granville, Josh McEachran, CHO…how many players look amazing and then amount to very little. I do however have high hopes for Lewis Hall. 

[Floyd25]

1 hour ago, Mark Kelly said:

I think he's yet another winger 

He is, we’re obsessed with young wingers. 

[Mark Kelly]

18 minutes ago, Floyd25 said:

He is, we’re obsessed with young wingers. 

It's the throw enough muck at a blanket and hope some of it sticks approach I expect.

[kev61]

20 hours ago, Morgs said:

.

It really does feel like the end of an era doesn’t it? 

….or rather, the (proper) start of a new one? 
 

 

"Start of a new one" imo.The only player that I think might be a mistake leaving is Mount.

I'm quite excited about the future.New manager,new team how can you not get at least a flutter of excitement compared to the dross we have experienced lately.

The icing on the cake will be the departure of the hangers on like Lukaku and Ziyech.

 

[kev61]

17 hours ago, Ham said:

Two new young signings already today and it's only midday.

 

I wonder did Poch have anything to do with this?

If not it doesn't bode well for the future of Poch's vision (if he has one).

Edited July 2, 2023 by kev61

[Sciatika]

19 minutes ago, kev61 said:

I wonder did Poch have anything to do with this?

If not it doesn't bode well for the future of Poch's vision (if he has one).

I would imagine it is below the radar for Poch and would have no impact whatsoever on his vision. Most likely, they won't be ready to assess as potential first-team players for a few years. Poch might not even last that long.  

[kev61]

17 hours ago, RDCW said:

I think Nkunku could be one of those if he stays fit, Jane. I'm sure there will be some gems in our youth recruitment drive too.

Nkunku could start like Mudryk.It's hard not to be cynical.

Poch really has a job ahead of him - but if he fails he can comfort himself in any luxury that he desires.

[xceleryx]

1 hour ago, kev61 said:

I wonder did Poch have anything to do with this?

If not it doesn't bode well for the future of Poch's vision (if he has one).

Not every transfer made is going to be run through Poch first, that's the point of having a transfer committee. 

They'll sign players for the future - some will be known starlets, others promising but need development, there may even be those who are rough around the edges that need quite a bit of development but show underlying promise. Whether they all turn out to be Chelsea quality remains to be seen, but by signing so many of them it gives greater odds of hitting on a couple that may prove to provide first team value of some sort. The rest can either be sold on, or whatever. 

This is exactly what so many on here have been calling for; re uncovering low cost "gems". This is part of that process. 

[Chelsea_Matt]

1 hour ago, kev61 said:

Nkunku could start like Mudryk.It's hard not to be cynical.

Poch really has a job ahead of him - but if he fails he can comfort himself in any luxury that he desires.

He can do that already. I don’t think he’d have even considered the Chelsea job unless all of his conditions are met. 
 

Cheer up guv! It might actually work!