Let's All Laugh At... Let's all laugh at Chelsea thread

[PCozzie]

Fucking hell, an eight year contract for a FM regen!

 

[Real_madyidd]

They will sell him for over 25M in a couple of years.

To themselves probably.

 

[PCozzie]

They will sell him for over 25M in a couple of years.

To themselves probably.

It can surely only be a matter of time before they scout one of their own players who they bought a couple of years ago then loaned to a random Belgian club.

 

[Marty]

It can surely only be a matter of time before they scout one of their own players who they bought a couple of years ago then loaned to a random Belgian club.

You laugh, but that had already happened to a PL club. Of course the man who made the error undoubtedly had signs of early onset dementia, even though we didn't know at the time.

Joe Kinnear tried to sign midfielder that was already a NEWCASTLE player

Newcastle had loaned out Shane Ferguson to Birmingham but the Toon director of football tried to sign him after scouting trip

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[BorjeSpurs]

Chelsea fans reading this while realising they go into a new season with Mudryk and Jackson.

 

[rossdapep]

This is the consequence I was talking about



Young talent who has probably been advised to leave and go to a club who will prioritize a pathway

 

[PCozzie]

Next!

 

[McFlash]

Next!

I really can't wait for this house of cards to come crashing down around their ears.

 

[Cornpattbuck]

We're only a week or two away from Chelsea flogging someone they signed earlier this transfer window.

 

[UncleBuck]

I really can't wait for this house of cards to come crashing down around their ears.

I don’t think it will until clubs just refuse to buy players off them, there’s only so many over inflated players that they can flog to other US owners or clubs skirting around the financial regulations

 

[McFlash]

I don’t think it will until clubs just refuse to buy players off them, there’s only so many over inflated players that they can flog to other US owners or clubs skirting around the financial regulations

Or youngsters and their families start to realise that it's a terrible career choice and they're just going to waste their career, ending up as some kind of money shuffling pawn.

It may take a while but surely what they're doing can't be a sustainable model?

 

[UncleBuck]

Or youngsters and their families start to realise that it's a terrible career choice and they're just going to waste their career, ending up as some kind of money shuffling pawn.

It may take a while but surely what they're doing can't be a sustainable model?

I think someone posted the other day one of the Chelsea academy kids was on £20k a week.
If my 15 year old got offered a five year contract on £15k a week I don’t think I could tell him not to take it, he’s set for life just to stay on their books for five years.
Salary caps and limits to bonuses/signing on fees for academy age groups would make sense until they make the first team squad.

 

[spursfan77]

Next!

Probably signed by the parent company and registered to Strasbourg so actually nothing to do with the chavs. Much like how the city group operate.

 

[FibreOpticJesus]

Probably signed by the parent company and registered to Strasbourg so actually nothing to do with the chavs. Much like how the city group operate.

So in that scenario who has and owns his registration papers?

 

[PCozzie]

So in that scenario who has and owns his registration papers?

The tweet says that Chelsea will loan him to Strasbourg, so sounds like Chelsea own the player.

 

[Styopa]

I think someone posted the other day one of the Chelsea academy kids was on £20k a week.
If my 15 year old got offered a five year contract on £15k a week I don’t think I could tell him not to take it, he’s set for life just to stay on their books for five years.
Salary caps and limits to bonuses/signing on fees for academy age groups would make sense until they make the first team squad.

Yeah this is the thing. We talk about paths to the first team etc. which is fair enough, but at most top clubs including ourselves, most young players don't make the grade and end up moving down the leagues. There's no guarantee they'll make it here either (or Liverpool, or Arsenal etc). It's a gamble whatever move these young players make, so it's no surprise that some decide to cash in now while the opportunity is there.

 

[Cornpattbuck]

The tweet says that Chelsea will loan him to Strasbourg, so sounds like Chelsea own the player.

How many loans can a parent club make to one club?

It's either a completely different arrangement than most multi-club ownerships (ie City still have to buy players, in theory, from other City group clubs) or Boehly has asked the press to always mention Chelsea for PR reasons...

All a little odd nevertheless.

 

[PCozzie]

How many loans can a parent club make to one club?

It's either a completely different arrangement than most multi-club ownerships (ie City still have to buy players, in theory, from other City group clubs) or Boehly has asked the press to always mention Chelsea for PR reasons...

All a little odd nevertheless.

Much like the club trained/home grown rule, I can't get my head around it. A quick scan suggests there are some limits, but again it depends on whether the player is under or over 21, HG, foreign, length of time with a club as to whether they are included.

If Chelsea are in breach of these rules I'm sure there will be some fantastical loophole that they'll dive through, like changing the name of Strasbourg to Chelsea FC and just saying they aren't on loan at all now.

 

[Wig]

I wonder if Chelsea own any hotels in Strasbourg that they'll be able to sell to themselves next.

 

[spursfan77]

So in that scenario who has and owns his registration papers?

Chelsea I suspect, so that next summer they can sell him on if he does well. It’s what city have done with a few players all for FFP.