Continued: Personal terms agreed, new bid to be submitted soon.

Understand there’s hope to get deal done after the international break.

  • Astrealix@lemmy.worldM
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    1 year ago

    What is this club’s obsession with Chelsea’s “rejects” lol

    Not that I’m complaining but you basically never see us targeting someone from Liverpool for example

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      Chelsea are more ruthless with their personal actions. I can certainly think of more Chelsea players who were deemed surplus to requirements at the time and went on to have good careers elsewhere. Chelsea have also enjoyed many periods of success over the past 20 years, so their players often come with championship experience. Chelsea generally quotes reasonable prices and is willing to move quickly. And, there’s the possibility you can get a better price if they/their family feel settled in London.

      Don’t get me wrong, I hesitate when I see those links and am personally lukewarm on Havertz (especially with the fees being thrown around) and Jorginho (had a couple of great games for us but seems like a short-term gamble that will come out to a small loss). But I can see why we’ve targeted their players, more so than other teams. I see Luiz as a success and Willian as an avoidable mistake, so our record is decidedly mixed.

      I think focusing on the “reject” label is misguided (with any team). Better fits can unlock talent, which is almost always there. But I definitely understand why people have paused over the specific Chelsea players we’ve been linked with (and followed through on) in recent years.

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      1 year ago

      The club seems to have a decent relationship with Chelsea as far as doing business goes. As fans though we will always hate them lol

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        1 year ago

        Kinda crazy given the number of times they’ve changed staff lol. To be fair, seems like this current iteration don’t really know what selling players is lol

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      1 year ago

      In a way there’s more untapped/unrealised potential in a player from a team that’s shit than one who’s from a team that’s already playing well

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        1 year ago

        Oh I’m not complaining about grabbing Havertz if we can, just annoyed that it’s always Chelsea lol.

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          1 year ago

          I can only imagine that players are much more willing to move clubs and yet not need to move house then haha

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            1 year ago

            I mean that’s reportedly what’s part of getting Rice so…

            On the other hand it’s why Leno went for so little lol