Transfer Talk Topic

[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. Given how quickly things have moved the last few days, much of this will no doubt be out-of-date by lunchtime! 🤣

Anything in red is either a new rumour or a change in circumstances (such as new contract signed) since the last update. 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. Bold indicates official confirmation on TOCWS


 

* 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



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) [Pochettino link] - 11^th May, Daily Mirror
Kim Min-Jae (SSC Napoli) - 14^th May, Il Mattino
Jules Koundé * (Barcelona) - 25^th May, Sport.es


 

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 club website;  14^th May, Daily Mail §

Jude Bellingham * (Borussia Dortmund) - 15^th Feb, Daily Telegraph
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)
Giannis Konstantelias (PAOK Salonika) - 20^th Feb, Inside Futbol
Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) - 26^th Feb, Gazzetta dello Sport
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)
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 §
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 #§

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)
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, [Pochettino link] 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
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
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 §
Lautaro Martinez * (Inter Milan) - 5^th May, foootball.london; 14^th May Daily Mail, Metro & elsewhere §
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
Randal Kolo Muani (Eintracht Frankfurt) - 27^th May, Christian Falk






CHELSEA PLAYERS OUT?

Italics = On loan 2022-23

Arrizabalaga -
Baxter -
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)
Slonina -


Ampadu -
Azpilicueta – Real Madrid, 10^th March, Fichajes
Badiashile -
Castillo -
Chalobah - AS Roma, 20^th Feb, Calciomercatoweb
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
Cucurella – Atletico Madrid (swap deal plus Aubameyang for Felix), 9^th May, Evening Standard & Daily Express
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
Lawrence -
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
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
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
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
Loftus-Cheek - AC Milan, 5^th March, Calciomercatoweb
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
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
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 -


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 & Daily Express
Broja - Sporting Club de Portugal (Season loan) - 25^th April, Bola na Rede
Burstow –
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
Havertz - Real Madrid, 10^th March, Defensa Central
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
Lukaku - Inter Milan * (on loan to Inter Milan) Further loan - 4^th Feb, di Marzio; 9^th Feb, Gazzetta dello Sport
- Chelsea (return to club) - 28^th Feb, Sky Sports Italia; 14^th March Giuseppe Marotta, Inter Milan's CEO, [Pochettino link] 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
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

Our Potential Main Targets Linked to Other Clubs

David Raya – Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur

Josko Gvardiol – Liverpool, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur

Declan Rice – Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United

Moises Caicedo (*) – Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle United

Manuel Ugarte – Barcelona, Liverpool, Newcastle United, PSG, Tottenham Hotspur

Jude Bellingham – Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid

Joao Felix (on loan to Chelsea – Returning to Atletico Madrid) – Manchester United, Newcastle United

Victor Osimhen – Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Manchester United, PSG

Rasmus Hojlund – Arsenal, Juventus, Manchester United

Dusan Vlahovic – Arsenal, Manchester United


(*) - Signed new contract with B&HA on 2^nd March (done primarily to 'safeguard' player's transfer value)



 

[Mark Kelly]

17 minutes ago, thevelourfog said:

Amazes me how quickly supporters form really certain views about what has gone on behind the scenes on literally no evidence, just their own feelings and vibes. There are loads of plausible reasons, beyond but also including money, players would want to leave this club right now. It isn't hard to think of them. 

It's a good point , this club we support is essentially a completely new entity , there really is very little of "Roman's Chelsea" left and maybe the players that want to leave are as upset about that as some of us are .

We're all made of different stuff , I'd like to think I'd tough it out and help the club rise again but if everywhere you look it seems to be faltering then maybe I'd like a bit more security .

I do think we are allowed to be disappointed with Mount's stance seeing as he's been following the time honoured " Local boy done good" narrative and was looked upon as one of ours who would stick about and dig in and make us good again but we don't know how much the club have been yanking him around , we're only seeing it from one perspective but I do get the feeling that he may be a little too enamoured with the lifestyle and has changed , no tangible evidence for it really , just a feeling. 

[Blue Orca]

2 minutes ago, Bob Singleton said:

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. Given how quickly things have moved the last few days, much of this will no doubt be out-of-date by lunchtime! 🤣

Anything in red is either a new rumour or a change in circumstances (such as new contract signed) since the last update. 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. Bold indicates official confirmation on TOCWS


 

* 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



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) [Pochettino link] - 11^th May, Daily Mirror
Kim Min-Jae (SSC Napoli) - 14^th May, Il Mattino
Jules Koundé * (Barcelona) - 25^th May, Sport.es


 

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 club website;  14^th May, Daily Mail §

Jude Bellingham * (Borussia Dortmund) - 15^th Feb, Daily Telegraph
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)
Giannis Konstantelias (PAOK Salonika) - 20^th Feb, Inside Futbol
Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) - 26^th Feb, Gazzetta dello Sport
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)
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 §
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 #§

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)
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, [Pochettino link] 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
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
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 §
Lautaro Martinez * (Inter Milan) - 5^th May, foootball.london; 14^th May Daily Mail, Metro & elsewhere §
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
Randal Kolo Muani (Eintracht Frankfurt) - 27^th May, Christian Falk






CHELSEA PLAYERS OUT?

Italics = On loan 2022-23

Arrizabalaga -
Baxter -
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)
Slonina -


Ampadu -
Azpilicueta – Real Madrid, 10^th March, Fichajes
Badiashile -
Castillo -
Chalobah - AS Roma, 20^th Feb, Calciomercatoweb
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
Cucurella – Atletico Madrid (swap deal plus Aubameyang for Felix), 9^th May, Evening Standard & Daily Express
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
Lawrence -
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
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
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
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
Loftus-Cheek - AC Milan, 5^th March, Calciomercatoweb
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
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
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 -


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 & Daily Express
Broja - Sporting Club de Portugal (Season loan) - 25^th April, Bola na Rede
Burstow –
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
Havertz - Real Madrid, 10^th March, Defensa Central
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
Lukaku - Inter Milan * (on loan to Inter Milan) Further loan - 4^th Feb, di Marzio; 9^th Feb, Gazzetta dello Sport
- Chelsea (return to club) - 28^th Feb, Sky Sports Italia; 14^th March Giuseppe Marotta, Inter Milan's CEO, [Pochettino link] 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
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

Our Potential Main Targets Linked to Other Clubs

David Raya – Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur

Josko Gvardiol – Liverpool, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur

Declan Rice – Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United

Moises Caicedo (*) – Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle United

Manuel Ugarte – Barcelona, Liverpool, Newcastle United, PSG, Tottenham Hotspur

Jude Bellingham – Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid

Joao Felix (on loan to Chelsea – Returning to Atletico Madrid) – Manchester United, Newcastle United

Victor Osimhen – Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Manchester United, PSG

Rasmus Hojlund – Arsenal, Juventus, Manchester United

Dusan Vlahovic – Arsenal, Manchester United


(*) - Signed new contract with B&HA on 2^nd March (done primarily to 'safeguard' player's transfer value)



 

Hope I'm wrong, but think we have shot our bolt with Rice. We could have built our side around him and Enzo. 

[JaneB]

3 minutes ago, Blue Orca said:

Hope I'm wrong, but think we have shot our bolt with Rice. We could have built our side around him and Enzo. 

Now Mason is going we have ☹️

[Chelsea_Matt]

Imo Mount is good, very good at times but that’s it. If he wasn’t home grown I don’t think anyone would be bothered tbh. 
 

If Reecey left…now that really would be absolutely devastating. In my view, *he* is the pride of Stamford Bridge. Not Mase. 

[Bob Singleton]

8 minutes ago, Max Fowler said:

The links to Chelsea matter though, Bob.   [SNIPPED FOR BREVITY]   We need some identity at our club.

 

I agree. However, I can see no point in keeping someone who doesn't want to be here. As for having players who have come through the club, there are still plenty of those currently in the squad and quite a few more likely to be coming through over the next season or so (Hall and Colwill spring to mind, Maatsen possibly, too) that I'm not that concerned about Mount.

Contrary to many on here, I never saw him as captain material. (I'm not sure about Reece James in that regard, either... he seems too easy to wind up and can sometimes fly off the handle. Passion is great, but his borders on stupidity at times)

[Max Fowler]

4 minutes ago, Blue Orca said:

Hope I'm wrong, but think we have shot our bolt with Rice. We could have built our side around him and Enzo. 

Personally I think Rice is one of the most overrated players of the last 5 years. Would take him in a heartbeat - but would rather have Caicedo any day. Rice lacks the agility, football brain, positioning to dominate elite level football and ever be more than an incredibly effective ball-carrying destroyer with great technique. Seems like a top lad too though.

Rice got found out by Jorghi in the Euro final - would get found out by Modric-type players - any top midfielder who knows how to control the flow of a game. Caicedo has something really different IMO - absolute mentality monster.

[Holymoly]

25 minutes ago, Max Fowler said:

We will do nothing without players with experience and the right mentality. Mount and Kova were two of the few remaining who could be put on that list - regardless of whether Mase will ever deliver at Lampard's level. We need some identity at our club.

Absolutely knocked it out of the park with this post Max. Probably an even more pertinent reason why we're in this position than the lack of a striker. Back in the day half the team were leaders so that if one was off their game there were at least a couple more that could rally the troops. We may not have won every game or even turned around every unfortunate occurence in a game but we never, ever gave up.

This squad has its captain who undoubtably bleeds blue but he can no longer lead by example and was never the most voiciferous player stuck as he was at right back. We also have Thiago Silva of course but his uncertainty with the language means he is probably ten years too late coming to the club to be that leader. Other than that we have a squad of followers, no-one sufficiently skilled to lead by example nor lairy enough to brazen it out on the pitch.

Kovacic was a good player on his day but never gave the impression of caring that much for the badge. Good but not good enough to be irreplaceable. I won't miss him.

Mount is a disappointment. I expected more from him and I think he has been cruelly misadvised. I'll miss him but I think we will manage without him, even in the short term.

Like I've said in other posts I won't shed a tear for any of the players we end up disposing of primarilly because of the way they have acted over the last 12 months. When asked to step up they failed to a man either through injury or attitude.

Yes we need to reintroduce a club identity but if we're being honest did that identity show itself in the current crop of players when it was most needed? We don't need to build from the ground up, we actually need to build the foundations first, that is what it has come to, and if that means changing over half the starting lineup immediately and continuing to cull beyond that I'll be quite happy.

[Holymoly]

45 minutes ago, Blue Orca said:

Hope I'm wrong, but think we have shot our bolt with Rice. We could have built our side around him and Enzo. 

Agreed, but to be honest I think he is a product of media hype and is nowhere near the player, nor the valuation, they would have you believe.

I am more concerned about Levi Colwill. The fact the Brighton thought it was worth it to make an official approach to sign him this week makes one think that maybe the player really has forgotten that he is a ctually a Chelsea player and was in agreement with the offer. He is guranteed a start at Brighton who has European football next season, neither of which he will be offered here.  Maybe we could offer to give Cucurella back to Brighton if they stop their pursuit of Colwill.

[Mark Kelly]

2 minutes ago, Holymoly said:

Agreed, but to be honest I think he is a product of media hype and is nowhere near the player, nor the valuation, they would have you believe.

I am more concerned about Levi Colwill. The fact the Brighton thought it was worth it to make an official approach to sign him this week makes one think that maybe the player really has forgotten that he is a ctually a Chelsea player and was in agreement with the offer. He is guranteed a start at Brighton who has European football next season, neither of which he will be offered here.  Maybe we could offer to give Cucurella back to Brighton if they stop their pursuit of Colwill.

The very idea that Brighton low balled a £30m offer for Colwill after absolutely rinsing us for Cucu leads me to think we should tell them to stick their offer where the sun don't shine and cease any dealings with them .

[thevelourfog]

1 hour ago, JaneB said:

Yes but as supporters that's what we do.  Of course we don't know exactly what goes on but we're entitled to form opinions and/or follow our feelings.

In my Chelsea world, I'm really upset about MM leaving.  I just don't understand what has got into him.  At least he's not going to Liverpool or Arsenal, but even so, Man United???  Why for goodness sake???

That's my exact point, Jane. I don't know either. No one here does. But many have happily reached a conclusion that it can only be about money, and about getting the biggest wage possible.

It may well be, completely or partially, about money. You just have to ignore a lot of what else has gone for Mount and this club in the last 18 months to not identify plenty of other factors that could plausibly play a role. I see people here talk as if it's fact Mount was offered highly lucrative terms, at the same time as talking about it being a fact that the new owners have introduced a wage cap, as it were. It doesn't add up. 

56 minutes ago, Mark Kelly said:

I do think we are allowed to be disappointed with Mount's stance 

Of course we are. I am. I just won't make very firm conclusions on how we've got to where we are.

[xceleryx]

[Sergi Capdevila, SPORT] Cesar Azpilicueta has played his last match for Chelsea. Azpilicueta will not go to Barcelona, but a team of smaller profile. He will soon announce his departure to Chelsea fans.

https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/azpilicueta-despedida-chelsea-mercado-fc-barcelona-barca-88128859

Sadder over this than I am the prospect of losing Mount, a true class act and one of my all-time favourite players. 

[Mark Kelly]

22 minutes ago, xceleryx said:

[Sergi Capdevila, SPORT] Cesar Azpilicueta has played his last match for Chelsea. Azpilicueta will not go to Barcelona, but a team of smaller profile. He will soon announce his departure to Chelsea fans.

https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/azpilicueta-despedida-chelsea-mercado-fc-barcelona-barca-88128859

Sadder over this than I am the prospect of losing Mount, a true class act and one of my all-time favourite players. 

He's been nothing short of amazing for us and an absolute bargain but sadly time has caught up with him 

[Chelsea_Matt]

Just now, Mark Kelly said:

He's been nothing short of amazing for us and an absolute bargain but sadly time has caught up with him 

Happens to us all! What can you say. £6.7m? Phenomenal value and a super player. Seems a lovely chap as well; gracias por todo Azpi, y buena suerte en tu nuevo club! 🇪🇸♥️

[east lower]

40 minutes ago, xceleryx said:

[Sergi Capdevila, SPORT] Cesar Azpilicueta has played his last match for Chelsea. Azpilicueta will not go to Barcelona, but a team of smaller profile. He will soon announce his departure to Chelsea fans.

https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/azpilicueta-despedida-chelsea-mercado-fc-barcelona-barca-88128859

Sadder over this than I am the prospect of losing Mount, a true class act and one of my all-time favourite players. 

One class act. Bloke grafted his way to the top and seemed to appreciate the way the club and fans respected him by unswerving service. 
 

Difference between a man and a ‘man-boy’, maybe?

[DannyLB]

1 hour ago, xceleryx said:

[Sergi Capdevila, SPORT] Cesar Azpilicueta has played his last match for Chelsea. Azpilicueta will not go to Barcelona, but a team of smaller profile. He will soon announce his departure to Chelsea fans.

https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/azpilicueta-despedida-chelsea-mercado-fc-barcelona-barca-88128859

Sadder over this than I am the prospect of losing Mount, a true class act and one of my all-time favourite players. 

Sad indeed, what a legend. Right call however. He's quickly going down the Ivanovic path and no one wants to see that. Despite this, I will say I thought he was extremely solid in his last two appearances and that's really how I want to remember him for Chelsea. 

[Michael Tucker]

4 hours ago, FrankLampard8 said:

Why are you so persistent with this.

Because it's the truth? Just a thought.

4 hours ago, FrankLampard8 said:

It's so tedious.

As opposed to swallowing the load of bollux the press keep wishing up? Right.

If you don't like my posts, then don't bother with them. It must be so terrible having to read my tedious posts, but it IS your choice.

I'm off to bed. Nighty night.....

[Bert19]

4 hours ago, chrisb said:

Reportedly we have turned down a £30M offer from Brighton for Levi Colwill. Hopefully he’ll be part of Poch’s plans for next season. Absolutely no way we should think of selling him.

The cheek of Brighton to offer us half of what they sold us Cucurella for is quite something. 

2 hours ago, Mark Kelly said:

The very idea that Brighton low balled a £30m offer for Colwill after absolutely rinsing us for Cucu leads me to think we should tell them to stick their offer where the sun don't shine and cease any dealings with them .

I'm assuming Colwill is going to be offered a new and much-improved contract in the next few weeks.  Could be one of the key signings for us longer term.  Brighton can absolutely jog on.  Even if he didn't sign and stuck around next season, he'd likely end up being worth more than £30m judging by what we've seen so far.

[ROTG]

1 minute ago, Bert19 said:

The cheek of Brighton to offer us half of what they sold us Cucurella for is quite something. 

2 hours ago, Mark Kelly said:

Brighton negotiating with ex-Brighton

umm £30m it is with sell on % or first option for being fleeced again. 

[Blue Orca]

3 hours ago, Max Fowler said:

Personally I think Rice is one of the most overrated players of the last 5 years. Would take him in a heartbeat - but would rather have Caicedo any day. Rice lacks the agility, football brain, positioning to dominate elite level football and ever be more than an incredibly effective ball-carrying destroyer with great technique. Seems like a top lad too though.

Rice got found out by Jorghi in the Euro final - would get found out by Modric-type players - any top midfielder who knows how to control the flow of a game. Caicedo has something really different IMO - absolute mentality monster.

One or other together with Ugarte? Keeper and Forward and we are done. 

[Proud-Blue]

I suspect Colwill will not sign a new contract until he sees his role in the team next year. But regardless, Brighton can seriously F off with that offer. I wouldn't consider less than 80 million. He's one of the best, if not THE best, left footed CB in the country.

[Blue Orca]

3 hours ago, Holymoly said:

Agreed, but to be honest I think he is a product of media hype and is nowhere near the player, nor the valuation, they would have you believe.

I am more concerned about Levi Colwill. The fact the Brighton thought it was worth it to make an official approach to sign him this week makes one think that maybe the player really has forgotten that he is a ctually a Chelsea player and was in agreement with the offer. He is guranteed a start at Brighton who has European football next season, neither of which he will be offered here.  Maybe we could offer to give Cucurella back to Brighton if they stop their pursuit of Colwill.

Agree on Colwill. If Arsenal get Rice alongside Jorghi, Partay, Odegaard and Saka, that will be one hell of a midfield. Not many better than that in PL if any ?

[chrisb]

So Messi is leaving PSG and coming to us as Mounts replacement…👀

[ChelseaJambo]

Not too fussed about Mount leaving but when added in to Kovacic and those who've left recently it is a concern when taken as a collective. Can't really blame any of them though, I think post-RA and TT I'd have been out the door too in their position.

[ROTG]

9 minutes ago, Blue Orca said:

Agree on Colwill. If Arsenal get Rice alongside Jorghi, Partay, Odegaard and Saka, that will be one hell of a midfield. Not many better than that in PL if any ?

August would be a better time to compare squad.

Also the Arse will be playing 2-3 games per week in the PL and CL which none I’ve the above apart from Jorghi has any experience. So I can’t see that combination being a real threat to any of the top teams next season.