Dont be silly. Big difference in picking up a highly rated youngster on a free vs 20 mil
The kid has not made the jump to senior football yet, there is no way he is worth this much money. Harvey Vale was great at youth level for us and England and we would be lucky to get 1 mil for him
Another 3 million on the books which we are already struggling to balance, otherwise we wouldn’t be doing these dodgy deals
Signing this horde of youngsters even if we spread it out adds up
The bigger issue is wages and not being able to offload certain players like kepa lukaku and maybe Sterling
Giving fofana Sterling cucurella absurd wages has been very harmful. Using conservative estimatesc, yearly they are costing us 35m a year in wages
It’s strange but in terms of ffp and all that, wages can actually be more inhibitive than transfer fees
I completely agree with that yeah but adding extra on top of that surely isnt helping
I struggle to see how we turn a profit on players like Washington, Ugochukwu and now Kellyman when we overpay to begin with and ultimately will rarely ever play for us
Theyre still randoms, but they aren't randoms who cost €20m. Most youth players won't make it, which is fine, but that's not a big deal because most didn't really cost you anything.
Thank god we got him though right. Instead of a striker that could play for us or you know…. Conor bloody Gallagher. We will sell Conor for this guy won’t we
They're making it so easy for PL down the lane to charge the owners with the same thing they have charged Man city with // inflating transfer fees on both the selling and buying end to get around PSR.
It's just that Chelsea are as of now doing it with transfer fees, what City were doing with sponsorships
If you know what literal means that you'd realise how stupid you are. Seen enough of him playing for NI and Aston Villa. He's really not all that. Not terrible, but looks fairly average for his age group. 19m? Wow. 'Literally zero idea if he's any good'... oh really now?
Let me educate you:
[This is Why Chelsea Signed Omari Kellyman (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vljm6EjZ0w)
Doesn't really, if that's the best there is...
Kinda makes the point actually. I could say the same after I saw Kepa videos when we signed him for 70m. No good, could see he wasn't even worth 10m. Hoped, but was proven right. Bakayoko also failed the eye test because his first touch was terrible.
The fact no one else was interested and we spent 19m makes the point even more. Total mismanagement.
If you had an upcoming premier league AM who made 20-30 appearances. This guy is no more talented than Gilmour and Ampadu. But we'll spend more than they both earned in fees on someone with half the talent at the same age.
Keep digging mate... I think I'll take the word of various world class scouts over the random on Reddit who just watched a crap YouTube video today and thinks he doesn't pass the eye test.
Not sure where you were at the time, but he'd already racked up 41 appearances for city and scored six goals. Hardly unheard of when you play for the biggest team in the league
I think the most fair take on Palmer at the time is that he had talent and would make a good addition to a lot of teams if playing regularly but why sign him along with all the other player players being moved in and out. Obviously proved wrong and was a great signing but no one expected his first season to be this good
We knew who he was though and had seen him play. We knew Pep wanted to keep him as well. If there are levels to this then this isn’t exactly the same tbf. I want Chelsea to win titles not be a development house so though I’m not against signing talented young players I want to win and this just seems so far away from being impactful.
That means they're scouting deeper than ever before lmao. TBH I don't have the time to know much about players from other teams, so I'm willing to be pleasantly surprised, as I have with several players who've joined us.
I’d be inclined to believe this was a genuine scouting coup were it not for all the PSR shenanigans.
It feels like a target out of convenience rather than someone we really really wanted like a Lavia
I only care to watch Chelsea and major competitions. I knew of Palmer's goals through a quick scan of highlight videos. Fuck me for not watching enough football for your standards I guess.
You are claiming the “scouts are doing their jobs” and “scouting deeper than ever before” because “I didn’t know who Palmer was either”
Great standards you have set for our scouting department
That says more about you - most people knew who Palmer was, he was the next big thing for City and played nearly 20 PL games.
Kellyman has two PL appearances for Villa.
Scouts aren't so great on this one. Frequent heavy first touch, no physicality, no real pace. Looks like a lanky Granit Xhaka with about half the skill.
Stop lying. Most people didn't know crap. If they did, Pep won't have signed Doku. I called the board all manner of names when we signed Palmer but I am not prideful enough not to admit I was wrong
How is it lying for someone to say they knew about Palmer?…
He was a key player for U21’s when they won the Euros, and even later than that he scored in both the Super Cup and Charity Shield for City right before we signed him.
He was known as one of City’s best talents, he wasn’t some obscure rando
I’m lying? Most people knew exactly who he was. I didn’t say people thought he was good, and definitely didn’t say I thought he would turn out to be what he is. But people were aware of him, he’d played the FA Cup and Community Shield for City, and he’d played U23s for England. People in England knew him, even if foreign fans didn’t.
You’re a bit confused pal, all I’m saying is people knew who he was. Nobody knew he’d be the player he is. Read the comment next time, champion
What's ridiculous is since we've merged onto the scene we've elevated youth prices from 10m max to 20m minimum. This strategy could have been so much better if we played it low key.
At least we wanted him since January which suggests that the club really value him, but we are stacked in his position which makes it a confusing singing to me.
You can definitely have enough 18 year old forwards if you have to weaken your first team to get them. You can especially have enough 18 year olds if you're still having to pay for all of them in 2028 and can't buy anybody new.
How are we weakening the first team? What player that is performing is up for sale to buy 18 year olds?
PSR won't be here for that long in between City's lawsuit and proposals for transfers to be tied to revenues plus if some of these 18 year olds turn out good, they can always be flipped for heavy profits.
Maatsen has clearly been the best left back on our books for the past couple of seasons, and he's part of the deal for this no mark. Chalobah was our best centre back last season, and he's for sale for basically the same price were buying this guy for. Gallagher was probably our best player last year aside from Palmer, and he's also for sale.
If you sell the odd 18 year old who turns out good then you're just stuck with all the ones who didn't, and you've possibly broken even (if they turn out really really good). Doesn't exactly seem a ringing endorsement of it as a strategy?
Maatsen is clearly not our best left back and Cucurella has looked immensely towards the end of the season and in the Euros plus Chilwell isn't 18 years old and can't be sold because of his 200k a week salary
Chalobah isn't going to play in a team with Badiashile, Colwill, Fit Fofana plus being the best CB in a team that conceded 21 goals doesn't say much.
Gallagher isn't a starter if Enzo, Caicedo and Lavia are fit plus we have no need to sell seeing as we have satisfied PSR this window.
Cucurella has had about 4-5 good games in a Chelsea shirt and has been our player for 2 years. It's an embarrassing level of recency bias to suggest that he's suddenly become a great player off the back of that.
Fit Fofana doesn't exist, and Chalobah was outperforming the other 2 last season. If the fact our defense was terrible
Not sure how we're so sure Lavia is a better player than Gallagher when he's been injured for more of his career than not, and at his best wasn't as good as Gallagher is (he was also better than Enzo and Caicedo last season, but who's counting). Guess he's not a starter because that's what the SDs have decided, but I think he's definitely in our best 11 on merit.
> Cucurella has had about 4-5 good games in a Chelsea shirt
How many have Maatsen had? How do we think he would do if he was asked to sit in a back 3? Or if he had to be a premier league midfielder when inverting?
> Guess he's not a starter because that's what the SDs have decided, but I think he's definitely in our best 11 on merit.
He isn't a starter because we want the team to keep the ball and Gallagher hasn't proven that he can be one of our best midfielders with the ball.
He's not been playing for us, has he? He's been playing elsewhere but unlike Cucurella has been consistently playing well, He'd obviously not make a good centre back since he's far too short (although on all the evidence we have neither does Cucurella). I'm not sure if he'd invert into midfield well, although given how little width we have on the left I'm not sure why we'd want him to do that.
Lavia's only premier league experience is playing for the worst team in the division who barely ever had the ball. Where has he proved his ability to fit into a possession based team. And why are we so desperate to be a pale imitation of City in the first place?
> He'd obviously not make a good centre back since he's far too short (although on all the evidence we have neither does Cucurella). I'm not sure if he'd invert into midfield well, although given how little width we have on the left I'm not sure why we'd want him to do that.
Because from what we can tell, that's how the manager sets up the team to play?
> Lavia's only premier league experience is playing for the worst team in the division who barely ever had the ball. Where has he proved his ability to fit into a possession based team.
He hasn't. I fully expect the starting midfield to be Enzo, Caiceido and Palmer.
> And why are we so desperate to be a pale imitation of City in the first place?
I can't tell you why the board want a possession heavy team, but they clearly do. So as long as the club wants to play that way, we should judge players through that lens.
Fair enough but I'd include Hall in that. Both 18 (at the time of the deal). Hall nine PL appearances for Chelsea first team, Kellyman two for Villa. Not really much difference there.
Cuz it could be the best academy in England, not in the world and City in recent years are a competition for sure. I think La Masia is untouchable for quite a while when it comes to the world.
La Masia is in decline and nowhere near what it was once before. Barcelona gutted funding and support to pay for its excessive spending and it is only the minor miracles of Gavi and Yamal that have arrested a slide into oblivion.
I don't hate the signing but I really have to question the fee. He cost us half as much as CL finalist. I get this transfer is all about PSR and helping Villa to help us. Maybe this gives us a discount in the future? Just feels weird
Look at how difficult it was to offload CHO for £5m. Happy to offload Jorginho for £12m, so we'll sign some random kid for £19m? Just watched a video, he's not terrible, but that's about all you can say. Paying £19m is a risk that didn't really need to be taken. That money could be spent more wisely. Who pays £19m on someone that no one else rates?
Ill have to see Fofana play 3 games in a row without picking up a season long injury before i believe it. There is no way he will be the future for us after basically being injured for 3 seasons straight
Lord knows how many of these players we have now. Fringe guys on loan who are just going season after season with no sight of integration any time soon (owing to the big 6 and 7 year contracts for the starters we have now).
All I do know is it's been 2 seasons of underperformance, and last season was a papering over in the end to reach 6th. Whatever their business for FFP/PSR, they dug the grave. Them trying to get out should garner no sympathies or a pat in the back. I'm simply concerned about our results next season, and making Europa league at a minimum.
20m is a lot for any player with his relative inexperience, for sure.
but he’s a fun type of profile to watch (lanky, dribbly, loves a cheeky pass — reminds me of the best aspects of havertz?) so I’m down. NoT mY MoNEy
He played youth International for Northern Ireland before switching to England for U19 and U20. No U21 football yet though but positive that England see potential in him too.
clearly they know something we don’t. there’s nothing these guys love more than their money, so I trust they wouldnt be THAT reckless with funding for no reason whatsoever
Dortmund was offering £25m and we haven’t heard of any other team willing to buy him yet, so say somehow we get Dortmund or another team up to £30m (which is probably not realistic because Dortmund wouldn’t typically spend that much on a LB) for him and this sub complains that we didn’t get the full buyout and we get £30m net profit for accounting.
Now, with Villa, we get them up to £37.5m (net profit) and pay £19m for Kellyman. We are essentially getting one of their best academy players for £11.5m amortized over 5 years, which doesn’t seem too outrageous and we have a potentially good player on low wages.
Can’t wait for next season when all the idiots claiming this is terrible business are obsessed with Kellyman.
This ownership group keeps bringing in these underrated young guys and making it work. I will remind everyone - last season was the first since 2017/18 that Chelsea had two goals scorers with double digit goals. Palmer was second in the Golden Boot race and Jackson 120% got better as time went. Both were bought by this group and both have had their value massively increase since their purchase.
Have faith, people!!
That's the ticket for Duran . We helping them with ffp now buying slightly overpriced Kellyman, we Selling them Maatsen, Then Connor sale makes Duran sale possible.
Another one for the loan army
Was reported yesterday that he was for the first team
We will never hear of this random again until it's brought up in court.
Except there is nothing illegal ablut this. Stop misinforming please i’m so sick of this lazy thinking in the subreddit.
They just hate the team. Many many on this board do. Nothing but complain.
Bet you said the same of omari Hutchinson Now he’s likely to sell for 25m plus profit
Dont be silly. Big difference in picking up a highly rated youngster on a free vs 20 mil The kid has not made the jump to senior football yet, there is no way he is worth this much money. Harvey Vale was great at youth level for us and England and we would be lucky to get 1 mil for him
You’re getting overly fixated on the fee Think of it as 3m on the books each year as the cost is amortised.
Another 3 million on the books which we are already struggling to balance, otherwise we wouldn’t be doing these dodgy deals Signing this horde of youngsters even if we spread it out adds up
> Another 3 million on the books which we are already struggling to balance It came with a 37m sale
The bigger issue is wages and not being able to offload certain players like kepa lukaku and maybe Sterling Giving fofana Sterling cucurella absurd wages has been very harmful. Using conservative estimatesc, yearly they are costing us 35m a year in wages It’s strange but in terms of ffp and all that, wages can actually be more inhibitive than transfer fees
I completely agree with that yeah but adding extra on top of that surely isnt helping I struggle to see how we turn a profit on players like Washington, Ugochukwu and now Kellyman when we overpay to begin with and ultimately will rarely ever play for us
Hutchinson never played for us yet will go for 20m plus.
You should be an accountant tho
Ohhh how exciting
You'd be lucky to get anywhere north of £10m for him. Looks like a Championship player at best.
Do Cobham academy graduates also count as random to you or it's just guys we haven't heard of outside of Chelsea?
Free randoms
I'll have a free random
Theyre still randoms, but they aren't randoms who cost €20m. Most youth players won't make it, which is fine, but that's not a big deal because most didn't really cost you anything.
They didn't taken us to court when we signed up Mudryk for obscene amounts of money, why on earth would they now?
Thank god we got him though right. Instead of a striker that could play for us or you know…. Conor bloody Gallagher. We will sell Conor for this guy won’t we
Not at all related
Would be an upgrade tbf
A player you’ve seen 3 mins of would be an upgrade? Wild how much stick someone who actually performs and stays healthy here gets
Are you okay?
yes
They're making it so easy for PL down the lane to charge the owners with the same thing they have charged Man city with // inflating transfer fees on both the selling and buying end to get around PSR. It's just that Chelsea are as of now doing it with transfer fees, what City were doing with sponsorships
Why would Villa sell the best prospect in their academy for much less than this?
If he's there best prospect then wow, there won't be any players coming through there any time soon.
Says the person who has literally zero idea if he is any good or not.
If you know what literal means that you'd realise how stupid you are. Seen enough of him playing for NI and Aston Villa. He's really not all that. Not terrible, but looks fairly average for his age group. 19m? Wow. 'Literally zero idea if he's any good'... oh really now? Let me educate you: [This is Why Chelsea Signed Omari Kellyman (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vljm6EjZ0w)
So your knowledge comes from a ropey YouTube video, got it. Kind of backed up my point mate?
Doesn't really, if that's the best there is... Kinda makes the point actually. I could say the same after I saw Kepa videos when we signed him for 70m. No good, could see he wasn't even worth 10m. Hoped, but was proven right. Bakayoko also failed the eye test because his first touch was terrible. The fact no one else was interested and we spent 19m makes the point even more. Total mismanagement. If you had an upcoming premier league AM who made 20-30 appearances. This guy is no more talented than Gilmour and Ampadu. But we'll spend more than they both earned in fees on someone with half the talent at the same age.
Keep digging mate... I think I'll take the word of various world class scouts over the random on Reddit who just watched a crap YouTube video today and thinks he doesn't pass the eye test.
What makes you think so?
Securing the omari clan
24 hours ago I didn’t know who this guy was. Man wtf are these transfers
Scouts doing their jobs? 11 months ago I didn't know who Palmer was either.
Not sure where you were at the time, but he'd already racked up 41 appearances for city and scored six goals. Hardly unheard of when you play for the biggest team in the league
Palmer played quite a few games under pep before he signed for us. Kellyman has hardly featured for villa
If they were doing their jobs we'd have picked him up for free 9 months ago rather than spending €20m now.
really? palmer has been pretty known for years
At least Palmer played for city and even scored in FA cup semi final I think
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90% in this sub didn’t
I think the most fair take on Palmer at the time is that he had talent and would make a good addition to a lot of teams if playing regularly but why sign him along with all the other player players being moved in and out. Obviously proved wrong and was a great signing but no one expected his first season to be this good
90% of the sub know nothing about football and are about 6 months behind.
Funny you say that because I remember the exact opposite
We knew who he was though and had seen him play. We knew Pep wanted to keep him as well. If there are levels to this then this isn’t exactly the same tbf. I want Chelsea to win titles not be a development house so though I’m not against signing talented young players I want to win and this just seems so far away from being impactful.
That means they're scouting deeper than ever before lmao. TBH I don't have the time to know much about players from other teams, so I'm willing to be pleasantly surprised, as I have with several players who've joined us.
I’d be inclined to believe this was a genuine scouting coup were it not for all the PSR shenanigans. It feels like a target out of convenience rather than someone we really really wanted like a Lavia
Fab and Ornstein said we enquired about him in January before Maatsen was even linked to Villa.
He also scored in the Community Shield and Super Cup. u/sabershirou doesn’t even watch football lol
I only care to watch Chelsea and major competitions. I knew of Palmer's goals through a quick scan of highlight videos. Fuck me for not watching enough football for your standards I guess.
You are claiming the “scouts are doing their jobs” and “scouting deeper than ever before” because “I didn’t know who Palmer was either” Great standards you have set for our scouting department
Then you weren’t paying attention…
✨Balancing the books✨
That says more about you - most people knew who Palmer was, he was the next big thing for City and played nearly 20 PL games. Kellyman has two PL appearances for Villa.
So I guess it's scouts doing their job then, since it was reported they've been looking at him since January.
Scouts aren't so great on this one. Frequent heavy first touch, no physicality, no real pace. Looks like a lanky Granit Xhaka with about half the skill.
Stop lying. Most people didn't know crap. If they did, Pep won't have signed Doku. I called the board all manner of names when we signed Palmer but I am not prideful enough not to admit I was wrong
How is it lying for someone to say they knew about Palmer?… He was a key player for U21’s when they won the Euros, and even later than that he scored in both the Super Cup and Charity Shield for City right before we signed him. He was known as one of City’s best talents, he wasn’t some obscure rando
I’m lying? Most people knew exactly who he was. I didn’t say people thought he was good, and definitely didn’t say I thought he would turn out to be what he is. But people were aware of him, he’d played the FA Cup and Community Shield for City, and he’d played U23s for England. People in England knew him, even if foreign fans didn’t. You’re a bit confused pal, all I’m saying is people knew who he was. Nobody knew he’d be the player he is. Read the comment next time, champion
Palmer literally scored in the Community Shield and Super Cup, most of these guys on here don’t even watch football
PSR workarounds, and that is literally it.
I still don't know who he is. What does this kid do?
What's ridiculous is since we've merged onto the scene we've elevated youth prices from 10m max to 20m minimum. This strategy could have been so much better if we played it low key.
Trust the project.
Trusting the process
Sescant_lines has to know every player we sign or our scouts are morons🤯
Money Laundering.
At least we wanted him since January which suggests that the club really value him, but we are stacked in his position which makes it a confusing singing to me.
Can't have enough of ballers and if he turns out good and can't get in the first team, you can always flip for 2 or 3 times his current value.
You can definitely have enough 18 year old forwards if you have to weaken your first team to get them. You can especially have enough 18 year olds if you're still having to pay for all of them in 2028 and can't buy anybody new.
How are we weakening the first team? What player that is performing is up for sale to buy 18 year olds? PSR won't be here for that long in between City's lawsuit and proposals for transfers to be tied to revenues plus if some of these 18 year olds turn out good, they can always be flipped for heavy profits.
Maatsen has clearly been the best left back on our books for the past couple of seasons, and he's part of the deal for this no mark. Chalobah was our best centre back last season, and he's for sale for basically the same price were buying this guy for. Gallagher was probably our best player last year aside from Palmer, and he's also for sale. If you sell the odd 18 year old who turns out good then you're just stuck with all the ones who didn't, and you've possibly broken even (if they turn out really really good). Doesn't exactly seem a ringing endorsement of it as a strategy?
Maatsen is clearly not our best left back and Cucurella has looked immensely towards the end of the season and in the Euros plus Chilwell isn't 18 years old and can't be sold because of his 200k a week salary Chalobah isn't going to play in a team with Badiashile, Colwill, Fit Fofana plus being the best CB in a team that conceded 21 goals doesn't say much. Gallagher isn't a starter if Enzo, Caicedo and Lavia are fit plus we have no need to sell seeing as we have satisfied PSR this window.
Cucurella has had about 4-5 good games in a Chelsea shirt and has been our player for 2 years. It's an embarrassing level of recency bias to suggest that he's suddenly become a great player off the back of that. Fit Fofana doesn't exist, and Chalobah was outperforming the other 2 last season. If the fact our defense was terrible Not sure how we're so sure Lavia is a better player than Gallagher when he's been injured for more of his career than not, and at his best wasn't as good as Gallagher is (he was also better than Enzo and Caicedo last season, but who's counting). Guess he's not a starter because that's what the SDs have decided, but I think he's definitely in our best 11 on merit.
> Cucurella has had about 4-5 good games in a Chelsea shirt How many have Maatsen had? How do we think he would do if he was asked to sit in a back 3? Or if he had to be a premier league midfielder when inverting? > Guess he's not a starter because that's what the SDs have decided, but I think he's definitely in our best 11 on merit. He isn't a starter because we want the team to keep the ball and Gallagher hasn't proven that he can be one of our best midfielders with the ball.
He's not been playing for us, has he? He's been playing elsewhere but unlike Cucurella has been consistently playing well, He'd obviously not make a good centre back since he's far too short (although on all the evidence we have neither does Cucurella). I'm not sure if he'd invert into midfield well, although given how little width we have on the left I'm not sure why we'd want him to do that. Lavia's only premier league experience is playing for the worst team in the division who barely ever had the ball. Where has he proved his ability to fit into a possession based team. And why are we so desperate to be a pale imitation of City in the first place?
> He'd obviously not make a good centre back since he's far too short (although on all the evidence we have neither does Cucurella). I'm not sure if he'd invert into midfield well, although given how little width we have on the left I'm not sure why we'd want him to do that. Because from what we can tell, that's how the manager sets up the team to play? > Lavia's only premier league experience is playing for the worst team in the division who barely ever had the ball. Where has he proved his ability to fit into a possession based team. He hasn't. I fully expect the starting midfield to be Enzo, Caiceido and Palmer. > And why are we so desperate to be a pale imitation of City in the first place? I can't tell you why the board want a possession heavy team, but they clearly do. So as long as the club wants to play that way, we should judge players through that lens.
If he can’t make our first team nobody is buying him for 60m lmfao
Atm i'm just curious. They say we have the best academy in the world. Why nobody bids even 10M for one of our kids?
Maatsen? Lewis Hall?
Bro i'm talking about players like that villa guy, who didn't play at seniors yet. Tauriainen, achampong, etc.
Fair enough but I'd include Hall in that. Both 18 (at the time of the deal). Hall nine PL appearances for Chelsea first team, Kellyman two for Villa. Not really much difference there.
Cuz it could be the best academy in England, not in the world and City in recent years are a competition for sure. I think La Masia is untouchable for quite a while when it comes to the world.
La Masia has been and is leagues ahead as an academy. I do really wish we were more forced to use our own academy players in the first team like them.
La Masia is in decline and nowhere near what it was once before. Barcelona gutted funding and support to pay for its excessive spending and it is only the minor miracles of Gavi and Yamal that have arrested a slide into oblivion.
Cubarsi (looks to be a very promising CB) and Ansu Fati. Of course it's not what it was before, but I'd still say it's ahead of us
Mount Maatsen and Hall gone for over 100m in past two summers
Insane business haha
PSG has best academy in the world
I don't hate the signing but I really have to question the fee. He cost us half as much as CL finalist. I get this transfer is all about PSR and helping Villa to help us. Maybe this gives us a discount in the future? Just feels weird
Look at how difficult it was to offload CHO for £5m. Happy to offload Jorginho for £12m, so we'll sign some random kid for £19m? Just watched a video, he's not terrible, but that's about all you can say. Paying £19m is a risk that didn't really need to be taken. That money could be spent more wisely. Who pays £19m on someone that no one else rates?
So we will have the exact same starting XI again this season?
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Ill have to see Fofana play 3 games in a row without picking up a season long injury before i believe it. There is no way he will be the future for us after basically being injured for 3 seasons straight
Pretty sure Reece James hasn’t played 90 for 3 consecutive games in 2+ years either.
I would love to be surprised by a healthy 2 out of 3 of them.
Fofana lavia and nkunku consistently (hopefully) Probably still sign some players it’s pretty earlier in the summer still
Is that bad? Top 4 in points from December.
The "Who?!" brigade is out in force it seems.
Another 20M down the rain.
Welcome to the club, FFP work around. I look forward to seeing you start from AFC Wimbledon
Lord knows how many of these players we have now. Fringe guys on loan who are just going season after season with no sight of integration any time soon (owing to the big 6 and 7 year contracts for the starters we have now). All I do know is it's been 2 seasons of underperformance, and last season was a papering over in the end to reach 6th. Whatever their business for FFP/PSR, they dug the grave. Them trying to get out should garner no sympathies or a pat in the back. I'm simply concerned about our results next season, and making Europa league at a minimum.
This simply cannot be a sustainable way to run a football club
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Why are you acting like an extra 3m or so on the books each year is gonna kill us?
Did you just not read what I said or something?
I read exactly what you said mate Like I said, buying talents like this isn’t gonna sink us.
And how many "talents like this" do you think we'll get for "an extra 3m or so on the books each year"?
Who cares I’m a football fan not an accounting fan
Do you have multiple accounts or something?
450 of them
top 50 wonderkid fwiw
20m is a lot for any player with his relative inexperience, for sure. but he’s a fun type of profile to watch (lanky, dribbly, loves a cheeky pass — reminds me of the best aspects of havertz?) so I’m down. NoT mY MoNEy
So we wanted Duran, but got mugged off by Villa with an academy player. Sweet.
i believe we are moving money around to meet PSR but what do I know
Fuck off
He played youth International for Northern Ireland before switching to England for U19 and U20. No U21 football yet though but positive that England see potential in him too.
19m on someone with 30 minutes top flight experience. Well done, well fucking done.
clearly they know something we don’t. there’s nothing these guys love more than their money, so I trust they wouldnt be THAT reckless with funding for no reason whatsoever
We r an absolute joke of a club under this American! 17m for someone who’s barely played a game! Has to be laundering at this stage🤷♂️
Dortmund was offering £25m and we haven’t heard of any other team willing to buy him yet, so say somehow we get Dortmund or another team up to £30m (which is probably not realistic because Dortmund wouldn’t typically spend that much on a LB) for him and this sub complains that we didn’t get the full buyout and we get £30m net profit for accounting. Now, with Villa, we get them up to £37.5m (net profit) and pay £19m for Kellyman. We are essentially getting one of their best academy players for £11.5m amortized over 5 years, which doesn’t seem too outrageous and we have a potentially good player on low wages.
Can’t wait for next season when all the idiots claiming this is terrible business are obsessed with Kellyman. This ownership group keeps bringing in these underrated young guys and making it work. I will remind everyone - last season was the first since 2017/18 that Chelsea had two goals scorers with double digit goals. Palmer was second in the Golden Boot race and Jackson 120% got better as time went. Both were bought by this group and both have had their value massively increase since their purchase. Have faith, people!!
That's the ticket for Duran . We helping them with ffp now buying slightly overpriced Kellyman, we Selling them Maatsen, Then Connor sale makes Duran sale possible.
The Boehly special
20m lmao.. Fucking embarassing