Let's All Laugh At... Let's all laugh at Chelsea thread
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Trix
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To play where?
brasil_spur
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Signed for Chelsea for €113m in 2021 on a 5 year deal. So this summer he still has a book value of €45m. £50m would only net Chelsea about £11.5m in bookable profit against FFP.
every little bit adds up
brasil_spur
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Agreed, but that’s a lot of selling to get done by 30th June.
And there’s plenty of clubs who simply can’t spend much before that date.
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Marty
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That's my point. Any PL club that buys a single Chelsea player before the deadline is doing themselves and the league a disservice. It's much better for Chelsea to be in the shit with points deductions than any benefits they might get from a player in.
By all means sign a couple of their players in August. Just don't help them out in June.
loosing the wages will give them help in the future. It’s so hard to shift players it’s going to Be a challenge especially as it’s this financial window when no one has any money.
RJR1949
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Quite right.
And Chelsea will have pretty much exactly the same financial problems next financial year/season and will still need to make sales. Having players on long term contracts locks in the amortisation and wage costs.
A lot of clubs will be thinking they’ll be able to get a good deal instead, though I won’t be surprised if Chelsea get raided for a lot of good young talents, even players as we’ve not heard of
E17yid
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I think I’m largely with you on this coz, you know, fuck Chelsea and all that, but I am torn a bit. The main reason being I’m not really sure how much a point deduction is going to affect them really.
Let’s say, for arguments sake, they get a 6 point deduction (after a reduction like Everton’s) is that going to be the difference between top 4 or relegation? Possibly (well top 4 not so much relegation) but unlikely imo. I see them being slightly better next season but not much.
As I say, though, I generally agree with your point but if we could get a great player of there’s for a cheap price that could improve us a lot you could argue it could be the difference between finishing top 4 or not for us.
Marty
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The simple solution to that is buy them after the June 30th cutoff. Secure that points deduction for them and then bid low for their players, they'll still need to sell later in the window as well.
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The thing is though, if Chelsea are struggling to stay in the top half this season, then what will they be like when they've had to sell players? I get the idea of not wanting to help them out as they will then face a points deduction. But are they really going to be a threat to finishing in the CL places next season? If we truly believe that one of their players can make us a better team and he's available at a low price, is it worth not signing him just so Chelsea can finish 14th instead of 9th?
easley91
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I don't get why you have to ask the question though like I have to justify my opinion to you?
I just think he has been their best player whenever I watch them and the question was who would you sign and he was my answer. He would offer a creative spark in the team off the bench that we sorely lack, whether it's in the 10 role or coming off RW, or even a central option.
or relegated (okay I’m a dreamer)
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Would buy Colwill if he was cheap. Top centre half and can cover left back. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
only HG players can get them the profit they need. Gallagher, Colwill, Broja, Chalobah,
They’ve got 30m due in the summer from Hall on loan at Newcastle.
Certainly not getting top 6 next season either . Top Half??
Marty
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The league won't be as weak at the bottom next season with Leicester and Leeds back up, anything can happen if their finances are in a worse state than Everton's and they actually get deducted 10-15 points.
It's a chance the whole league should be willing to take.
