xceleryx Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 Some additional big transfer news for us, Baba Rahman has had his contract mutually terminated and is set to join POAK on a free. Chelsea to apparently receive some bonus payments if set criteria are met in 2023/24 instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backbiter Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 1 minute ago, xceleryx said: Some additional big transfer news for us, Baba Rahman has had his contract mutually terminated and is set to join POAK on a free. Chelsea to apparently receive some bonus payments if set criteria are met in 2023/24 instead. Have we got enough left backs for the coming season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciatika Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 Chillwell, Maatsen, Cucurella, and Hall can do a job if necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Singleton Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 10 minutes ago, xceleryx said: Some additional big transfer news for us, Baba Rahman has had his contract mutually terminated and is set to join POAK on a free. Chelsea to apparently receive some bonus payments if set criteria are met in 2023/24 instead. Just seen that. Had one year left on his contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post McCreadie Posted July 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 3, 2023 13 minutes ago, Backbiter said: Have we got enough left backs for the coming season? If we haven't, Baba Rahman is not the answer... 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thevelourfog Posted July 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 3, 2023 Not really done grieving for Bakayoko tbh ... 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgs Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 1 hour ago, thevelourfog said: Not really done grieving for Bakayoko tbh ... Did we get rid of him in the end? I dont remember seeing the announcement. Surely a player destined for the Saudi league if ever there was one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kev61 Posted July 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 3, 2023 7 minutes ago, Morgs said: .Surely a player destined for the Saudi league if ever there was one. Replace Saudi with Sunday. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Singleton Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 31 minutes ago, Morgs said: Did we get rid of him in the end? I dont remember seeing the announcement. Surely a player destined for the Saudi league if ever there was one. Announced a few weeks ago when the "retained" list was publishedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cd1k7v3kje1o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boratsbrother Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 I thought Baba was going to go on to become a good player for us. Sadly turned out to be yet another young player who suddenly hit a brick wall in his development.🙁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeping Dave Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 1 hour ago, boratsbrother said: I thought Baba was going to go on to become a good player for us. Sadly turned out to be yet another young player who suddenly hit a brick wall in his development.🙁 His knees more like. Think he did both ACLs in each of his knees. Baba Rahman should be very thankful for this club. Otherwise his career would have been over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boratsbrother Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Sleeping Dave said: His knees more like. Think he did both ACLs in each of his knees. Baba Rahman should be very thankful for this club. Otherwise his career would have been over. Thanks for that info about his injuries. Little surprise he failed to make it here after such awful injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thevelourfog Posted July 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 3, 2023 Rahman has been here so long because the club takes its pastoral responsibilities for players very seriously. If it was just about football, he'd have been released years ago. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTG Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 3 hours ago, boratsbrother said: Sadly turned out to be yet another young player who suddenly hit a brick wall in his development.🙁 I would keep that kind of stuff about young players to yourself. It’s about the project and long term development, you’ve not been reading the script again. it’s the corner for you facing the wall. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTG Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 55 minutes ago, thevelourfog said: Rahman has been here so long because the club takes its pastoral responsibilities for players very seriously. If it was just about football, he'd have been released years ago. If memory serves me, he was a ME signing and JM snubbed him from day one. Awfully unlucky with injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguelito07 Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 this is odd but probably bullsh1t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 10 minutes ago, Miguelito07 said: this is odd but probably bullsh1t Makes absolutely no sense. We have James and Gusto........ unless there is a plan to move James inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Singleton Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 5 minutes ago, Miguelito07 said: this is odd but probably bullsh1t The only thing I can think of is this... given the buy out and other clauses we insisted upon when we sold him to Southampton, if we bought him, Southampton would get the full value. If they sell him elsewhere, I think the % we get in the sell-on clause makes it hard for them to get any value in the sale. We are also interested in Romeo Lavia, who is also of interest to other clubs. Knowing how Boehly likes to broker unusual deals, I wouldn't bet against us attempting to get a deal for Lavia through ahead of the competition and possibly for less than might be anticipated. Southampton get to keep Tino on loan for a season, plus 100% of the fee. We get a season to assess if Reece James is over his injuries, if Malo Gusto is a suitable back up, and if not Tino comes back to Chelsea the season after next, ready to fight for a first team spot. Of course I could be way off the mark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevelourfog Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Miguelito07 said: this is odd but probably bullsh1t A report that we're signing two players Newcastle haven't coughed up the asking prices for, is it ... Edited July 3, 2023 by thevelourfog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lump Of Celery Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Ham said: Makes absolutely no sense. We have James and Gusto........ unless there is a plan to move James inside. Also the player himself left us because he didn't want to be loaned out, so why would he go for it? I hear we have a hefty sell on clause with a sliding scale, the higher the fee the higher percentage we get. So probably financially motivated looking to buy him on the cheap and sell on later for profit Edited July 3, 2023 by Lump Of Celery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTG Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 16 minutes ago, Ham said: unless there is a plan to move James inside. Does if James is injured for a considerable amount of time next season. He will be the next £250k pw player on the exit conveyor belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea_Matt Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 37 minutes ago, ROTG said: Does if James is injured for a considerable amount of time next season. He will be the next £250k pw player on the exit conveyor belt. That’ll do thank you, Mr Gizmo! 🤪 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTG Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 40 minutes ago, Chelsea_Matt said: That’ll do thank you, Mr Gizmo! 🤪 Well done that man. What is it like being the shoe rather than the cleaner of the poop on the bottom of the shoe 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea_Matt Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 1 minute ago, ROTG said: Well done that man. What is it like being the shoe rather than the cleaner of the poop on the bottom of the shoe 😀 I’m not sure exactly what you mean. But I won’t hear talk of our best player being shipped out 🤣🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xceleryx Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 6 hours ago, Bob Singleton said: The only thing I can think of is this... given the buy out and other clauses we insisted upon when we sold him to Southampton, if we bought him, Southampton would get the full value. If they sell him elsewhere, I think the % we get in the sell-on clause makes it hard for them to get any value in the sale. We are also interested in Romeo Lavia, who is also of interest to other clubs. Knowing how Boehly likes to broker unusual deals, I wouldn't bet against us attempting to get a deal for Lavia through ahead of the competition and possibly for less than might be anticipated. Southampton get to keep Tino on loan for a season, plus 100% of the fee. We get a season to assess if Reece James is over his injuries, if Malo Gusto is a suitable back up, and if not Tino comes back to Chelsea the season after next, ready to fight for a first team spot. Of course I could be way off the mark. My big sticking point around any Livramento deal, and it's not even that we have RJ and Gusto, it's that Livramento has only returned from a major knee injury himself. He's barely played since returning and I think it would be a little unwise to be jumping to sign him, even if just to resell, until we see what he really looks like post-injury. He could just as easily end up a financial pitfall. I also highly doubt Newcastle were ever offering £50m for him either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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