rodders0223 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Remember when Lukaku slimmed down at Inter and looked incredible...then went back to the mess he looked at United at Chelsea again .. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oishiiniku_uk Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 3 hours ago, Zatman said: Lukaku must be looking for a move to Spurs to play with Romero Seeing that sock get shredded in slow motion - quite something. An inch the other way and the guy's ankle gets snapped in two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 (edited) 15 hours ago, sne said: Good thing for them that Boehly has Saudi backing and they have a easy way to generate funds through the Saudi league transfers. The combined fee thet received from Saudi clubs for Koulibaly, Mendy and Kante is £36m, which might be more than they were 'worth' but an average of £12m each is not exactly a king's ransom, and those were all Muslim players as well. Are Saudi clubs going to bail them out with a £40m bid for Cucurella, and is he going to want to go there? Not sure Saudi clubs are gonna be able to solve all their problems. Edited December 12, 2023 by HanoiVillan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 And only about £700k/w off their salary budget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 11 hours ago, rodders0223 said: Remember when Lukaku slimmed down at Inter and looked incredible...then went back to the mess he looked at United at Chelsea again .. 100% He was about 3 stone lighter and in amazing form. Then at United he was covered in sweat from the warm up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 39 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: The combined fee thet received from Saudi clubs for Koulibaly, Mendy and Kante is £36m, which might be more than they were 'worth' but an average of £12m each is not exactly a king's ransom, and those were all Muslim players as well. Are Saudi clubs going to bail them out with a £40m bid for Cucurella, and is he going to want to go there? Not sure Saudi clubs are gonna be able to solve all their problems. Exactly, the players have to agree to go which is not a simple task. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 2 hours ago, sne said: And only about £700k/w off their salary budget Yet they added more than that to their wage bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 5 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Yet they added more than that to their wage bill Plus Lukaku, Azpilicueta, Kepa, Kovacic, Mount, Loftus Cheek, Aubameyang, Pulisic and Ziyech off the books. Few more as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 1 minute ago, Zatman said: Plus Lukaku, Azpilicueta, Kepa, Kovacic, Mount, Loftus Cheek, Aubameyang, Pulisic and Ziyech off the books. Few more as well Lukaku yeah true he was on silly wages. But of all these players the ones out on loan do we know if the ithee club is covering 100% of the wages? Wouldnt suprise me if chelsea are covering some of those wages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 19 hours ago, rodders0223 said: They're got a dozen garbage footballers on 100k a week for the next 5 - 7 years and no movability in the FFP market and dwindling attraction and prestige. They're as clueless off the pitch as Birmingham City for the past 10 years. They're as lost as you could possibly be. Yeah...they're absolutely fine. As last Man United generate a huge amount of cash. They're getting away with it. Chelsea are completely ****. Oil tanker comes to mind. for 21/22 chelsea generated circa £500m take off £100m for the CL same as utd and arsenal, their decline off the pitch is grossly exaggerated, they're still double ours / newcastles / brightons and be back one day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zatman Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 23 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Lukaku yeah true he was on silly wages. But of all these players the ones out on loan do we know if the ithee club is covering 100% of the wages? Wouldnt suprise me if chelsea are covering some of those wages A lot of them left permanently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 13 minutes ago, Brumstopdogs said: It's almost as if being built like a light heavyweight isn't conducive with being to run 12k a game, ain't that right Micah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 James should just retire. Your lucky if you get 10 games out of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: for 21/22 chelsea generated circa £500m take off £100m for the CL same as utd and arsenal, their decline off the pitch is grossly exaggerated, they're still double ours / newcastles / brightons and be back one day Imagine a lot of that comes from sponsorship money that companies are paying because they are/were in the champions league no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Demitri_C said: James should just retire. Your lucky if you get 10 games out of him Why would he do that, he's got another £70m due in wages if he does nothing but sit in the physio's room for the next 5 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 52 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: Imagine a lot of that comes from sponsorship money that companies are paying because they are/were in the champions league no? They've just signed a record shirt sponsor deal with no CL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 38 minutes ago, villa4europe said: They've just signed a record shirt sponsor deal with no CL Extremely dodgy though as the companies' turnover is only $15m a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 38 minutes ago, villa4europe said: They've just signed a record shirt sponsor deal with no CL Exactly, their non-CL sponsorship is 400% (4x) of Villa's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 2 minutes ago, Kuwabatake Sanjuro said: Extremely dodgy though as the companies' turnover is only $15m a year. Yeah but it all adds up though Their Nike deal is circa 6x our deal Their shirt sponsor is circa 4x our deal Their sleeve sponsor is circa 6x our deal We don't even have a training gear sponsor Then chuck in all the partnerships Then they'll have a higher match day revenue than us It's 1 to 3 years of decline and they will drop off stuff, it's 10+ years I dont think people realise or appreciate just how big the gap is, Chelsea are **** way out in front of us in terms of revenue To me this feels like when wolves point the finger at us and say FFP will catch up with us and the bubble will burst and villa must be doing something dodgy etc etc it's all wishful thinking The only thing we can hope for is that villa continue to spend less better - or more that Chelsea continue to spend absurd amounts of money badly, same as utd, both of them should be able to have an arsenal style turn around at any point, they're not going away 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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