Chelsea Discussion

[Cicero]

So good to see Chilwell at Cobham, even if it still is basic movement training. Season went to shit the moment he tore his ACL. 

[Danny]

34 minutes ago, Cicero said:

So good to see Chilwell at Cobham, even if it still is basic movement training. Season went to shit the moment he tore his ACL. 

With how much money you’ve spent on forwards it’s mad that you were so reliant on him and James

[Cicero]

22 minutes ago, Danny said:

With how much money you’ve spent on forwards it’s mad that you were so reliant on him and James

Forward issue is a separate argument, but fullbacks/wingbacks are becoming ever more influential.

take away TAA and Robertson from Liverpool or Cancelo and Walker from City, and replace them Alonso and Azpilicueta, they are bound to suffer. One is as mobile as a turtle and the other is ageing and never had a good technical skill set to begin with.  

 

 

[Danny]

1 hour ago, Cicero said:

Forward issue is a separate argument, but fullbacks/wingbacks are becoming ever more influential.

take away TAA and Robertson from Liverpool or Cancelo and Walker from City, and replace them Alonso and Azpilicueta, they are bound to suffer. One is as mobile as a turtle and the other is ageing and never had a good technical skill set to begin with.  

 

 

I get that replacing top wing backs with Alonso is bad, but considering you’ve spent £250m (according to transfermrkt) on attacking players since the transfer ban ended and you’re still so reliant on a home grown wing back and Ben Chilwell…that’s not great planning.

[Cicero]

3 hours ago, Danny said:

I get that replacing top wing backs with Alonso is bad, but considering you’ve spent £250m (according to transfermrkt) on attacking players since the transfer ban ended and you’re still so reliant on a home grown wing back and Ben Chilwell…that’s not great planning.

The 250m on attacking players doesn’t paint the whole picture. Past 5 years of transfer spending has been poor and something that needs to change under new ownership. 
 

Danny Drinkwater’s contract is up this summer. 60 million spent on his transfer and wages with only 12 appearances to show for. 

[Waylander]

14 hours ago, Cicero said:

Forward issue is a separate argument, but fullbacks/wingbacks are becoming ever more influential.

take away TAA and Robertson from Liverpool or Cancelo and Walker from City, and replace them Alonso and Azpilicueta, they are bound to suffer. One is as mobile as a turtle and the other is ageing and never had a good technical skill set to begin with.  

I personally hope we go back to a back four, think the WBs are too injury prone, James and Chilwell.

Don't see this happening under TT perhaps further along.

Think if you do go to a back four you need two defensively capable midfielders another gap we have. 

In the meantime we have a potential new recruit that can hold a midfield role in Gallagher.

[Cicero]

All three #Chelsea bidders are expecting to be informed by Raine Group which bid has been chosen on Thursday or Friday.

[via @TheAthleticUK]

[Dave]

Harris & Blitzer get preferential status, we get Gallagher and Loftus-Cheek as part of the divorce proceedings, everybody's a winner.

[Cicero]

Ben Chilwell back training with the academy next week. 

Having him fully fit at the start of next season would be massive. 

[Bluewolf]

Rumours popping up today... Looking around some are confirming this and others are denying it.. The saga continues.. 

This from the BBC breaking news.. 

British billionaire businessman Sir Jim Ratcliffe has made a late bid of £4.25bn to buy Chelsea.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich put the club up for sale before he was sanctioned for his alleged links to Russian president Vladimir Putin following the invasion of Ukraine.

Three bidders were in the running to buy Chelsea for about £2.5bn.

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries said on Thursday that time was running out to complete the sale.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire owner of petrochemicals giant Ineos, has tabled an offer worth £4 billion to buy Chelsea - a fortnight after the deadline for new bids expired.

Chelsea were understood to be close to making a final decision over the three previously shortlisted bidders before Ratcliffe's 11th-hour offer came out of leftfield.

The British billionaire has been linked several times with a potential Chelsea takeover, but his brother has previously said there had been a difference of opinion over valuations. However, in a shock new announcement, Sir Jim claims he has sent a bid to the merchant bank, Raine, which is conducting the takeover process.

“We put an offer in this morning,” Ratcliffe told The Times newspaper. “We are the only British bid. Our motives are simply to try and create a very fine club in London. We have no profit motive because we make our money in other ways.”

Britain's richest man Sir Jim Ratcliffe tables £4 billion offer to buy Chelsea (telegraph.co.uk)

Edited April 29, 2022 by Bluewolf

[Cicero]

Normally I would shrug this aside but its the Telegraph who are pretty reliable for London based clubs. 

He didn't make the final 4 however, so why would he be considered?

[Cicero]

[Bluewolf]

3 minutes ago, Cicero said:

Sounds almost too good to be true.... I wonder if they would entertain a bid coming in so late in the day??? This is just as Abramovich has added another 500Mill clause to the takeover bid for any potential buyer.. 

[Cicero]

We "hope" to continue investing in the academy

Deal Breaker.

[Cicero]

So it may now be Ratcliffe vs Boehly in the Cup Final. 

 

Breaking: Stephen Pagliuca's group have been informed they will not be the preferred bidder for Chelsea

— Matt Law (@Matt_Law_DT) April 29, 2022

Sources close to Chelsea sale process tell me the Sir Martin Broughton bid may also be out of the running. But no confirmation yet from his group #cfc

— Matt Law (@Matt_Law_DT) April 29, 2022

[Spike]

33 minutes ago, Cicero said:

We "hope" to continue investing in the academy

Deal Breaker.

Haha, you are right. How is it a question of 'hope? Just do it or don't.

[LFCMadLad]

So the others bid £2.5b and at the 11th hour someone bids £4.25b...

Just add a steady £2b on for shits..

Sounds legit.

[Cicero]

4 minutes ago, Spike said:

Haha, you are right. How is it a question of 'hope? Just do it or don't.

It's the only thing that is genuinely sustainable atm. We are undoubtedly producing talent and getting far more value out of it than what the club puts in. 

Such bizarre wording that leaves everyone mystified. Bloke owns Nice too so his intentions are unclear.

[Danny]

How can you talk about being a temporary custodian of a club and in the same breathe be chucking 4 billion around. Football is such a myth

[Cicero]

Reports Ratcliffe is doing this for attention knowing Boehly is set to be announced the winner. 

[Cicero]

Looks like we finally have an owner. 

@Bluewolf @carefreeluke @True Blue @Waylander

Chelsea takeover: Todd Boehly consortium to be named preferred bidder to buy Premier League club

[Cicero]

Athletic confirming now as well

Chelsea: Todd Boehly chosen as preferred bidder for Premier League club

[Bluewolf]

3 minutes ago, Cicero said:

Looks like we finally have an owner. 

@Bluewolf @carefreeluke @True Blue @Waylander

Chelsea takeover: Todd Boehly consortium to be named preferred bidder to buy Premier League club

Yea, just reading about it now... 

[Dave]

Sounds like the most ideal candidate has won.

[Bluewolf]

Just now, The Palace Fan said:

Sounds like the most ideal candidate has won.

It would be nice just to put this whole thing to bed, The impact it's having on current and future player negotiations is starting to become problematic...