VillaJ100 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 10 hours ago, VillaChris said: We'd have given league cup a go without europe but ultimately it just got sacrificed, one of those things. Chelsea don't half get easy draws most seasons in these cup competitions. Endless home ties in FA cup most seasons and their run in this was home to AFC Wimbledon-Brighton-Blackburn-Newcastle. The only time they've been outside of London for the league cup this season was Boro away. Can't believe Potter's luck really. Was only there six months and in his only two cup matches for Chelsea they drew Man. City away TWICE. Lost at Boro too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted February 2 VT Supporter Share Posted February 2 (edited) Apparently they need to sell over £100m of players by 30th of June according to some "FFP Expert". Might be tough with the Euros on this year. If true, who is going to buy any of their players at their valuations knowing how desperate they will be. Edited February 2 by PieFacE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 5 minutes ago, PieFacE said: Apparently they need to sell over £100m of players by 30th of June according to some "FFP Expert". Might be tough with the Euros on this year. If true, who is going to buy any of their players at their valuations knowing how desperate they will be. Spurs want Gallagher so that's an easy sell as he'll have just 12 months left on his deal. I assume the Broja loan has option to buy so if he stays fit and scores a few for Fulham they'll probably have settled on 30m. Those two will be probably be 70m + alone so then it's a case of selling on a few more squad fillers who are currently out on loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted February 2 VT Supporter Share Posted February 2 Knowing how desperate Chelsea would be to sell I wouldn't be offering them anything like 30m for Broja. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 4 minutes ago, PieFacE said: Knowing how desperate Chelsea would be to sell I wouldn't be offering them anything like 30m for Broja. Someone will. Strikers are hard to find something someone like palace or Fulham will over pay for him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 6 minutes ago, PieFacE said: Knowing how desperate Chelsea would be to sell I wouldn't be offering them anything like 30m for Broja. That's just not how it works. Fulham are desperate for a new CF, they have him in the building and if he scores 6-7 in half a season they'll probably be interest from West Ham who wanted Broja in the summer. So Fulham won't be getting anywhere just low balling Chelsea. I think the bigger issue with Chelsea is the players they actually keep. They're all on massive long term contracts and seems most of them accepted lower wages than they would've got at other clubs e.g. Mudryk and Arsenal and I'm sure Liverpool were probably offering Caciedo a higher wage. At what point with them not making europe and those clubs continually playing in CL will motivation considerably drop? That's then a problem for Chelsea attempting to move them on if they still have six years left on their deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 2 hours ago, VillaChris said: That's just not how it works. Fulham are desperate for a new CF, they have him in the building and if he scores 6-7 in half a season they'll probably be interest from West Ham who wanted Broja in the summer. So Fulham won't be getting anywhere just low balling Chelsea. I think the bigger issue with Chelsea is the players they actually keep. They're all on massive long term contracts and seems most of them accepted lower wages than they would've got at other clubs e.g. Mudryk and Arsenal and I'm sure Liverpool were probably offering Caciedo a higher wage. At what point with them not making europe and those clubs continually playing in CL will motivation considerably drop? That's then a problem for Chelsea attempting to move them on if they still have six years left on their deal. I think you're underestimating the possibility that Broja scores almost nothing (because he's shit) and that Fulham (who wanted him mainly as cover for Jimenez, who will have returned) and West Ham realise they can get someone better from elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 (edited) They'll sell Gallagher for about £50 mil and shift a random couple of their 85 strong squad to Saudi for £25 mil each Edited February 2 by VillaJ100 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Seems like we will inevitably sell Ramsey for similar FFP reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 6 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: I think you're underestimating the possibility that Broja scores almost nothing (because he's shit) and that Fulham (who wanted him mainly as cover for Jimenez, who will have returned) and West Ham realise they can get someone better from elsewhere. I don't think Broja is that bad. He looked decent at Southampton which was only two seasons back. Probably not at the level Chelsea require but he did his ACL so understandable he's still feeling his way back. Fulham get plenty of crosses in so I do think he'll get a few goals for them. Might also score a couple for Albania in the euros which would bump his price up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 1 hour ago, VillaChris said: I don't think Broja is that bad. He looked decent at Southampton which was only two seasons back. 6 goals 0 assists in just under 2000 mins. Diaby has 4 goals 4 assists in 1400 odd minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 21 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said: 6 goals 0 assists in just under 2000 mins. Diaby has 4 goals 4 assists in 1400 odd minutes Slightly different positions. Let's say we'd swopped Duran for Broja in this window then I reckon Broja would make more impact coming off the bench in the run in given he's more experienced at this level. I think he'll be decent for Fulham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 11 hours ago, PieFacE said: Apparently they need to sell over £100m of players by 30th of June according to some "FFP Expert". Might be tough with the Euros on this year. If true, who is going to buy any of their players at their valuations knowing how desperate they will be. however much i dislike Chelsea, to be brutally honest i dont think that would be difficult for them. the have about 9000 players, they prob only need to sell 3-4 of them to get 100m+, unfortunately. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Someone will take David Datro Fofana off their hands no doubt, got an assist the other day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 53 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Slightly different positions. Let's say we'd swopped Duran for Broja in this window then I reckon Broja would make more impact coming off the bench in the run in given he's more experienced at this level. I think he'll be decent for Fulham. He looked rubbish when he came on in the cup. Duran 2 goals in 174 mins in PL. Broja 1 goal in 455 mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Silva leaving / retiring will take £300k a week off the books for a start They'll have the hall money coming Cash in on broja, kepa, maatsen, lukaku, ziyech Not only will they be fine they'll no doubt spend £100m+ again this summer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 4 hours ago, villa4europe said: Silva leaving / retiring will take £300k a week off the books for a start They'll have the hall money coming Cash in on broja, kepa, maatsen, lukaku, ziyech Not only will they be fine they'll no doubt spend £100m+ again this summer The end of the year for PSR is June 30th. Whether they'll be fine or not, they ain't shifting all those players out before the window even opens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Has anyone seen Enzo Fernandez and Ashley Westwood in the same room? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 On 03/02/2024 at 08:33, villa4europe said: Silva leaving / retiring will take £300k a week off the books for a start They'll have the hall money coming Cash in on broja, kepa, maatsen, lukaku, ziyech Not only will they be fine they'll no doubt spend £100m+ again this summer I think Saudi money is their only hope. Look at Broja noone would go near unless chance of a bargain because they know Chelsea are now desperate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Being mauled by Wolves at home today. Not sure this will help us on Weds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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