Chelsea banter 3

05 Jan 2026 10:44:40
Hi Guys,

Personally I don't understand all the negative stuff about the owners, there spending money and doing things there way by buying young, we all want experience but look at sterling and KK, they were terrible buys, all that was needed was to keep Dave, Kante, silva etc.
RA was a great owner for our club and of it wasn't for his money I don't believe we would of won the PL or CL, but he also made plenty of mistakes buying players, Ben haim, baka, sidwell, boularouz, del horno, SWP, morata, etc etc.
All I'm saying is we've moved on from that era and the fans need to as well, the new owners have got things wrong but have done more things right, I'm not convinced by rosineir, but if that's there choice then I will get behind him 100%, negative and toxic atmosphere isn't going to help the club over forward.
Loads of points and trophies left to play for.
Up the blues x.

05 Jan 2026 11:22:42
great post Steve and fully agree mate.

05 Jan 2026 11:59:14
Steve, while I might not always give the owners my 100% support. I will try my best to understand what they are trying to achieve.

05 Jan 2026 16:15:49
SteveCfc I don't know why the owners haven't tried a judicous combination of buying young players who will then hopefully be of sufficient quality and stay for some time at club. Hence becoming experienced/battle hardened to EPL in time. But also not shy away from carefully adding one or two already proven quality players eg at CB or striker to give us a chance of challenging for EPL or ECL now not just in the 2030s. Yes one expects hits and misses in terms of quality of incomings but the new owners also don't always seem to have key positions covered. Why also sell likes of a Madueke - who was developing into a v good player for us and had great understanding with Cole Palmer - to bring in a Gittens or Garnacho?

Another issue. I don't know how often you try and get a ticket to an EPL game at Stamford Bridge lately? But in the last couple of seasons under the new owners this is almost impossible unless you are willing to pay 180 pounds for a home game v Burnley or 400 for a home game v Arsenal say. In the Abromovich era it was usually possible as a member to get a ticket to an EPL game with even Westview tickets having a top price of 70 pounds. In other words unless you are a season ticket holder - but for years travelling for work purposes didn't make this a sensible option for me - bar the season ticket holders any other available tickets still seem to be going to bumped up price touting sites (one owned by Todd Boehly at one stage) or pay those Westview prices.

Having said all that yes I can see there is a Vision 2030 and that we may be slowly moving in the right direction. plus if we ever get a bigger stadium perhaps getting tickets at affordable price may be easier again.

05 Jan 2026 18:22:19
Again all this talk of the owners getting things right. such as? at this point we have a 1/10 hit rate on transfers and that's probably being generous. Maybe they show less arrogance accept they got things wrong and change this bone headed approach. can't see it with the ego of eghbali.

05 Jan 2026 19:32:52
Out of a squad of 25, that’s not many hits.

I have no idea about the egos of our owners. They are mega rich so I assume they have egos!

05 Jan 2026 20:45:00
squad of 25 and another 25 that have been quicksold or are hanging around as unsellable + a few 14 year olds thrown in cos they might be good in 15 years.

05 Jan 2026 21:05:21
The number of players doesn’t change the ratio.

As I said it would we appear we don’t have many hits.

05 Jan 2026 21:34:25
Yeah cause we have brought loads of 14 year old.

05 Jan 2026 22:54:54
finally got something right Tom- we don't have many hits yet the clowns in charge of recruitment still have their jobs. jealous almost. if i messed up that badly at work id have my P45 before the end of the day.

06 Jan 2026 03:14:27
My maths was right on both occasions. In my opinion it’s your ratio that’s wrong.

05 Jan 2026 10:28:36
I see Amorin is gone now for having a dig so it's not just us.

05 Jan 2026 11:23:24
Amorim was sacked Bill.
Maresca resigned. Big difference.

05 Jan 2026 11:48:19
Jumped he was pushed.

05 Jan 2026 12:14:17
True Greenaway but the common denominator was an issue with the SD.

05 Jan 2026 12:26:25
As per Kaveh Solhekol on Sky Sports.

Maresca decided to step down from his role as Chelsea head coach because he felt his position was untenable, while it has been revealed his cryptic criticism earlier this month was directed at the club's medical team.

05 Jan 2026 12:46:49
I can only repeat what I posted several weeks ago. EM was asked questions about certain players by the SD’s and he told them to talk to the medical department. I have no idea if the question was about players playing more or less time than the medical department advised.

It would appear what I was told was roughly correct.

I would have liked to thought any such discussions should have happened behind closed doors but I was also told that a player heard the question and answer.

05 Jan 2026 13:09:37
I accept what you have said Greenaway but it still comes down to a disagreement between the coach and club staff.

I have said in an earlier post that I had to apologise to Maresca as I hated the rotation process but in fact it was the medical team who rules who the coach can play or can't play.

05 Jan 2026 13:58:15
Bill, that simply isn’t true. The medical department can only advise on injured players and I guess maybe players who have played a lot of mins.

There seems little point in having an autonomous medical department that is ignored by the manager.

05 Jan 2026 18:56:21
Sorry Tom, what is not true?

05 Jan 2026 19:34:07
The medical team did not influence the manager about players who are fit.

05 Jan 2026 20:32:05
Sorry I'm sure I saw that the reason for his high rotation was the medical team saying who could play and what minutes they could have on the field.
If I'm wrong Tom, what did upset him, causing him to walk away.

05 Jan 2026 20:46:52
Tom, you don’t know that; it has been widely reported that is was more pressure than influence.

05 Jan 2026 20:53:02
Bill, I’m only guessing but my information was that when asked by the SD’s about the playing times for previously injured players playing time, he just said ask the medical department. I honestly haven’t got a clue if was because the player or players had played more or less than the medical department had recommended. Another guess would be it that it was more than the recommended mins.

I repeat the medical department didn’t have any input on fit players.

05 Jan 2026 21:46:44
Jimbo, I can only post what I’ve been told. I have no way of knowing if it was because the player or players played more mins than they were supposed to or less mins than they were supposed to. When I was told I didn’t ask that question. Hence I’ve made it very clear that I am guessing on that subject.

05 Jan 2026 23:26:49
sorry Tom that makes no sense. everything i've read and heard suggests the medical team had more influence over returning players that maresca was happy with and rightly so, the manager is the one thattakes responsibilty and thus he should have final say.

06 Jan 2026 03:21:40
I sorry you feel it makes no sense.

Maresca obviously wasn’t happy about asked about players mins after returning from injury hence that’s why he referred the question from the SD’s to the medical staff. I hope that’s clear.

I seem to remember him saying something about other conversations with the SD’s but I can’t what the topic was.

I passed this in as a rumour a couple of weeks before he left. I wasn’t there.

06 Jan 2026 09:48:20
The problem is Tom, we have had a lot of injuries this season hence a large input to Maresca by our medical team.

I guess if nobody plays, then the medical team can say they have looked after all the players.

06 Jan 2026 11:00:23
Bill, for the last two seasons our medical department were getting pelters on this sight. This season with haven’t had anywhere near as many injuries and my guess is that is down to the medical team and better management for players returning from injury.

They are autonomous for a reason. Time will tell if that rationale is justified.

05 Jan 2026 08:01:22
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05 Jan 2026 07:39:35
{Ed's Note - RPD has posted a new article entitled, Why Chelsea's Ownership Is Playing the Long Game

04 Jan 2026 10:35:08


RPD has written an article entitled, Why Chelsea's Ownership Is Playing the Long Game

04 Jan 2026 11:41:55
RPD, I enjoyed your post enormously and I hope every poster reads it. It broadly outlines my guess of our owners BP.

One thing I would and is the probable driving force for the buying and selling of players is to show they are living within what I consider to be ridiculous, FFP rules. Hence another reason for player trading.

04 Jan 2026 13:58:51
In all honesty rpd I really enjoyed reading that. Well done.

Can I ask what you think of the merasca situation do you believe the hierarchy was correct or do you believe it could throw the whole project out of what you belive is the timeline.

04 Jan 2026 14:38:02
Enjoyed the post and it's realistic positive tone,

04 Jan 2026 14:48:51
Thankyou both. C-f-b, the departure of Maresca was not part of the plan but will not effect the overall project at all, indeed the coach will likely change a few times over the next 10 years.

04 Jan 2026 16:17:24
RPD, good article. However, if that is the plan I think it is naive and flawed. Do the owners think City, Liverpool, Arsenal etc are going to stand still. By the the end of the owners timeline, Man U will probably have a100, 000 seater stadium and will blow us out of the water financially.

04 Jan 2026 17:06:03
I think RBD mentioned an upgrade or potential new stadium either started or at least having full planning consent. I assume some of the timelines for either are out of the clubs control.

I also can’t think why any owner of any club would believe other clubs will stagnate while your club catches up.

04 Jan 2026 17:33:00
Tom, as some of us believe, it is possible that there will not be any major development, particularly if we stay at SB. As things stand we will have a lot of catching up to do.

04 Jan 2026 18:02:03
Jimbo, yes we do have a lot of catching up to do and in lots of different ways. That’s why I think us fans need some patience.

I also think us fans ours show more patience if the owners and FAB were a little bit more transparent.

04 Jan 2026 21:17:31
Very well written and explained RPD. this gives a more complete idea of what's behind Vision 2030 than I' ve been able to do or understand perhaps. But Jimbo is right to point out that other clubs won't stand still re strengthening and most main rivals of course already have their new larger stadiums. Also strengthening further easier - or should be - when alteady at the top.

But the vision to get there is there for us. just a matter of successful execution!

05 Jan 2026 09:56:07
I can understand the vision now and hope it works. Good that the owners can't take money out like the Glazers do and will need to sell one day to get their money back plus profit. Keeps them focused.

05 Jan 2026 10:00:33
Looking at it another way, who knows what's going to happen in the near or long term.

The ownership could split and go there merry ways, the squad we have at the moment could in most cases be sold.

I guess what I'm saying is you never know what's going to happen with our club and in that vein, I totally agree with Tom and the total lack of transparency by the leadership team.

05 Jan 2026 11:47:48
Yes greater transparency from FAb and owners plus more readily accessible . plus more affordable (not just Westview at 180 pounds to 400pounds for EPL games) tickets for members who are not season ticket holders would be welcome and lack of this one reason why fans can find it hard to warm to new owners.

05 Jan 2026 12:52:05
JBS, I think the percentage of ST holders to members ratio is now outdated. If I remember correctly, the idea was a 2/3ST to 1/3M ratio, the narrative being that a high membership would broaden the support base.

I now think the ST percentage should be increased. Needless to say I did send my suggestion to the club and FAB.

04 Jan 2026 07:39:36
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03 Jan 2026 22:19:33
This debate about player valuation drives me bonkers but I excepted ages ago that I am in a minority.

I broadly asked this question just after we had won the CWC after stuffing PSG the European Champions.

An outlet is suggesting that PSG are considering an offer of £200m (€200m) for Palmer. If such an offer was forthcoming would you sell him?

I may well be wrong but I think I was the only poster, at that time, who said I would sell him. One poster suggested there would a riot if we sold him.

We all have different and often biased valuations. We all have different views about a players importance to a team. I personally think that Caicedo is far more valuable to the club.

03 Jan 2026 22:48:19
Tom, wrong again Caicedo is not more important than Cole he is very good but plenty of that type of player around.

03 Jan 2026 22:49:54
TomB I am in your camp with that one. Yes Palmer is different from others at the club. But there is a trade off when playing Palmer. Out of possession Cole is not at the races in any way whatsoever, which makes it difficult to control games. For me Cole can also be petulant when it ain’t happening for him, which leads to a carelessness in his game and I have seen needless turnovers of possession in dangerous areas.

The way to really cash in on Cole’s talent is for the club to have two top CBs (or one WC addition to play alongside Colwill) with Caicedo as a 6 and having the gate fully shut behind the maverick.

03 Jan 2026 23:13:05
Tom, I just laugh at posters who put a value on a players head, they know nothing about what this player or that player is worth and it is of course all very subjective. let's take Moises Caicedo for instance, one poster thought he was a donkey and worth a bale of hay whilst another poster now values him at £200 million.

It is of course a banter page and we all have a good chuckle at each other. Bottom line though as with selling a car or a house is that 2 parties must agree on a fee.

04 Jan 2026 02:18:11
Liverpool fan here so I hope you don't kind me weighing in on this. But £200m is absolutely an insane amount for a player. When FSG purchased us, we went for around £300m. I know there's inflation and all but it's still a huge amount. Not to say that Palmer isn't worth that amount but rather how crazy the market for players have now become.

04 Jan 2026 07:38:09
Jimbo, maybe you’re “wrong again, ” who knows? I personally believe he is more important to our team than CP but it’s just my opinion but as I always say it’s just an opinion.

04 Jan 2026 08:01:48
Greenaway, the Donkey comment was about Caicedo not Cole Palmer but the potential offer of £200m was for Palmer. If that makes sense.

I think Wirtz is one of the best players in Europe and it’s also the reason I fancied Liverpool to win the Premiership after signing him for what I considered to be a reasonable price. His Anfield career didn’t start well with some fans and pundits questioning him as a player and transfer fee. Little consideration is given to his such things as teammates form or managers tactics when some people want to revalue him as a player. I would have him at our club every day of the week regardless of fee.
The constant valuation of players through good and bad periods of personal form and team form makes no sense to me. Talking about the reasons why the player isn’t performing at his best level is something I enjoy. I hope that makes sense.

I suppose one day a poster will put up a list of players over the last twenty years we have sold with the benefit of hindsight at a very price. We wi be the only club to have done that either.

04 Jan 2026 08:24:12
Very low price.

I should definitely read my posts back before sending. Sorry.

04 Jan 2026 09:44:44
The thrush is the player is only worth as much as the buying club want to pay.

Tom if somebody offer £160mil for Calcedo, would you sell him?

04 Jan 2026 10:52:26
Truth.

04 Jan 2026 11:20:10
Bill, in truth that would be about the minimum I would except for him but another fan might take what we paid for him and yet another fan might take less than we paid for him.

As I said in a previous post it’s like nailing down jelly for us fans. In my view it also pointless but as I’ve also said before I except I am in a minority.

04 Jan 2026 20:09:53
After that performance today we would be lucky to get £20m for Palmer?? and that’s the problem with player valuations.

04 Jan 2026 21:23:42
Yes he was pretty poor Tom.

03 Jan 2026 16:19:25
A minimum of 6 and a half years before a change of ownership is allowed under the terms of the sale agreed by Roman. Blue. co in it to make money as not football fans as Roman was, buy young, low and heavily incentivised contracts, if they fit the team keep them, if not trade on for profit, an army of sporting directors scowling the universe for players, snap up clubs worldwide to house the players coming in and grow the "brand" by playing and competiting on the biggest stages which are the premier league and the champions league. Drop in a victory at the inaugural club world cup and pick up another 100 million fans from across the continents of Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas and roll the band on.

Are they doing ok? I reckon the Clearlake investors will be very happy. As for us fans, they are happy to indulge us with new players, we have picked up a couple of pots, we are able to watch 2 of the planets best young players in Estevao and Palmer perform in blue, we will challenge in the cup competitions and may even have a run at a title in 2030. Is it all doom and gloom? or is it just part of the roller coaster ride that comes with supporting our beloved club? and I've seen a lot of ups and as many downs supporting this mob for many a decade.

03 Jan 2026 17:15:49
The thing is i don't see how they're in it for player trading. I think the value of 85% of the players we brought in has decreased. A player like caicedo is great, but his market value is £105m. That is a loss, and we've paid his wages too. This is hardly the brighton model.

Its diabolical the names we've signed. We will not break even selling the following names (including those already sold)

Sterling, Koulibaly, Slonina, Chukwuemeka, Cucurella, Casadei, Fofana, Aubameyang, Zakaria, DD Fofana, Badiashile, Santos, Félix, Mudrk, Madueke, Gusto, Fernández, Nkunku, Moreira, jackson, Gabriel, Ugochukwu, Disasi, Sánchez, Caicedo, Lavia, Washington, Petrović, Palmer, Hutchinson, Kellyman, Adarabioyo, Guiu, Dewsbury-Hall, Veiga, Wiley, Jörgensen, Neto, Pedro, Delap, Gittens, Estêvão Essugo, Sarr, Páez, Hato, Anselmino, Penders, Amougou.

03 Jan 2026 17:35:23
Its attempted player trading gone about as horribly wrong as could be expected.

for alll the enjoyment we get from watching palmer or estevao. id sacrifice it to be rid the regular suffering of watching the likes of tosin/badiashile/disasi/chalobah try and play centre back.

03 Jan 2026 17:39:21
There are a few players in there off the top of my head that are sold and we actually made a profit on. So I don't get your point.

03 Jan 2026 17:42:45
I guess it would probably depend if the club want to sell them and when but as I can remember we made a profit on Noni, Petrovic, Hutchinson, Casadei, and we will make money on Jackson and Guiu. I’m not sure about KK or some of the rest we sold. I will think about the others when we sell them.

I’m personally not that interested in blues of players, I’m more about how I judge their abilities. I’m happy enough with the squad we have, would I like some different players? Yes. The problem is my choices wouldn’t be everyone else’s choices.

03 Jan 2026 19:07:02
Chelsea forever blue, yes we made a profit on maybe 5 of them. We will make some horrible losses on most of them. Which is why i said we will likely not break even overall. Do you both honestly think we will make an overall profit?

Im glad you're happy with the squad tomb but objectively we do not find ourselves in a good position after spending 1.5 billion or whatever its up to now. Horrendous.

03 Jan 2026 19:26:34
Greenaway, wow, you have the same level of ambition as the owners;” we may have title run in 2030”: don’t expect Palmer and Estavou to hang around. I think Palmer will go in the summer.

03 Jan 2026 20:00:55
Standard, all clubs make money and lose money when they buy and sell players.

You prefer to use our gross spend as a measurement of player change at our club, that’s fine and it’s a fact that works for your argument. I prefer to use nett spend (not very accurate) as a measurement of player change, as it works for my argument. To be honest and as I’ve said many times before I find the argument of transfer fees debilitating. My guess is it’s a me thing!

My guess is Liverpool had the biggest gross spend in the last window. I’m not a Liverpool fan but my mates tell me that generally those signings haven’t hit the ground running. It happens but by the end of this season or next season fans might well be saying they were all astute signings.

We also judge a player negatively and then find they are brilliant when they change club or if the club itself changes manager.

One other point. I have been saying since our owners took over that we are now a trading club. So taking Jimbo’s point if PSG real want to make a ridiculous offer for Palmer or Estavao, I think the club will sell them. Like lots of clubs we are run by businessmen not first and foremost fans.

03 Jan 2026 20:18:43
Jimbo, we may well have a run at the title earlier than 2030 and you yourself said we have 7 core players who are ready to challenge, add a couple more and who knows we might challenge sooner but come on, only 1 team can win the premier league each season and we are not there at the moment, surely you can see that? I will be happy to pick up more pots over the next few seasons and build towards a sustained, ongoing title challenge but like everyone else hope it comes earlier.

When did Arsenal, who you reguarly compare us to last win a title? 24 years ago and counting?

03 Jan 2026 21:06:09
Greenaway, when do I ever mention Arsenal? TSome of the 7 players I referred to won’t stay because understandly they will want to join a club who had ambitions to win big trophies and want to play under a top class coach.

03 Jan 2026 21:25:07
Tom. I am talking SOLELY about the aspect of us allegedly 'player trading'. My reply was against that notion because I don't think wed sign 115m caicedo and 100m enzo if all we want to do is churn a profit. We would have went for a player who we could actually sell for more money than we bought him for.

You can use net spend also if you like tom, it still does not paint a pretty picture under the new owners. I've made my position clear that I disagree with the recruitment. There has been some that have ended well and some that have proved me wrong. Long lay the latter continue but on a forum where we talk about the football club, I am putting my opinion out that I don't think it will.

03 Jan 2026 21:34:46
Tom, it won’t be ridiculous offers: they will pay market value. The club will be happy to make profits especially the SDs who can cosy up to the owners to show what a good job they are doing and then waste in on players like Garnacho and Gittens.

03 Jan 2026 21:45:06
Standard, I think it was RBD who posted a nett spend table and it was interesting but I freely acknowledge that nett spend isn’t the most accurate measurement but neither is fans post signing valuation.

I think Caicedo’s valuation is way over what we paid for him but I think that Enzo is now worth less than we paid for him. What on earth does it prove? I think that Caicedo is one of the best midfielders of his type in World football. I also think that Enzo will be sold to Real Madrid this summer for a significant fee. What on earth does it prove?

Team success can also have a positive or negative effect on a players valuation. If a club is successful then its players values generally go up. That maybe why the club spent big on Enzo and Caicedo as they believed they would bring success and increase the players valuations. This maybe me being cynical but just maybe that’s why it’s important for the club to be successful, the owners would probably be adding value to there business.

One day someone will write a book on what I consider to be a subject like nailing down a jelly. There will probably be only one copy sold??.

03 Jan 2026 21:57:58
Jimbo, I consider the reported offer that PSG were considering last summer for Palmer (£200m) as ridiculous. If that was to happen and if it was considered to be “market value” I will be happy.

I think Gittens will be a good investment but at the moment he isn’t playing as well as I hoped but things can change. Unlike some I think Garnacho has just been ok. I have no idea what he will be valued at in the future but like Gittens if they were sold now I’m sure the club would lose money.

Like other clubs some you win some you lose.

04 Jan 2026 10:32:38
I really don't know if you do this on purpose. You are talking about the owners now operating as a trading club. If they buy a player for 20m and sell him for 5m. That is a loss.

You can scream 'what does it matter what does it prove' all you want but if its a trading club and we make losses on players that is a failure in your chosen parameter.

04 Jan 2026 11:34:15
It means they would have lost £5m in the case you put forward. They could then buy a player for £20m and sell him for £25m it’s then a profit.

Also, that is not my chosen parameter. I have virtually no interest in the transfer value of a player. My interest is how I see his ability and if it makes sense for the team.

My guess is the club buys a players a player because they believe he is a good player and will help the team. If the team is successful the value of the club probably increases. Just one more small point, a loss or a profit is only realised when that player leaves the club not while he is still playing for the club.

What I have a problem with is when from a position of just a fan guessing it looks like the club have bought a player because they think they can at least sell him in at a profit. Of course if that player proves himself and increases his value then the club has a win, win situation. Sadly a player like Delap might have been that sort of signing.

04 Jan 2026 13:01:08
20m to 5m is a 15m loss tom. In your scenario even with flipping the other player for a profit its a loss. And this is only in FFP terms. Overall for the club its a bigger loss because of wages and insurance etc.

That is my entire point. I do not buy into this notion that 'player trading' for profit is the goal. If it was, it has been a disaster thus far.

I think the owners want success, and I just don't like the strategy because there isn't balance. For me that's simply it. I think delap is a win win signing, I think many of them have been win win signings. My issue is the sidewards step we've taken with our wingers over the last 3 years. Weve spent an enormous sum (one that we almost certainly won't recoup) and they're on the same level as pulisic sterling and whoever else we had back then.

04 Jan 2026 13:44:54
Standard I did reply to your post but it disappeared. My guess is most posters are fed up with the topic so unless it suddenly reappears. I will just drop the subject.

04 Jan 2026 13:48:26
I’m sorry, I said I couldn’t be bothered with the topic anymore but can I suggest you read the post from RBD at the top of the page. Probably the best post I’ve read on this site in many a long year.

05 Jan 2026 11:39:54
Sterling and pulisic were not good players for us. You need to have a word with your self if you think they was.

If you had mentioned hazard, Willian then fair enough but sterling is a rat, and an awful buy to which the owners know this.

03 Jan 2026 16:23:11
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03 Jan 2026 09:28:11
So merasca has gone the board has decided its you! They want to take over first team duties.

You can get rid of 3 players maxium and you can bring in 3 players maxium but you can't go into the red by more than 10million. Balance the books if you can.

And what would be your starting lineup after your transfers.

03 Jan 2026 09:51:26
I don't understand this post! bizarre comment.

03 Jan 2026 10:38:07
Sell Tosin, Badiashile, Disasi, Washington and Sterling. Bring in Anderson and Sesko.

Start the usual team against City.

03 Jan 2026 10:55:53
Sesko hahahahahhahahaha.

03 Jan 2026 11:27:36
Can I sell 30 players instead?

03 Jan 2026 11:57:08
Of course you can but you then you have to buy 30 players. My guess is a lot of fans wouldn’t be happy with the majority of your signings, blame the SD (if applicable) and call the owner (you) an idiot. Sound familiar?

Impossible to make fans happy as thankfully we all have different and sometimes biased opinions! My guess would be that someone will say something like “it couldn’t be worse. ”.

03 Jan 2026 12:21:35
Tomb is Washington not already sold? I would be very surprised if he wasnt.

03 Jan 2026 12:23:43
Basically greenaway. You can't just say buy yamal for £200m. It has to be within the clubs means.

Not sure how hard it is to understand.

03 Jan 2026 12:25:52
Tomb why Anderson and sesko? Just interested really.

03 Jan 2026 12:27:18
Standard you don't really want to sell 30 players. You know as well as I do. 1 they aren't all that bad and 2 it would cost another 2 billion.

So just be realistic.

03 Jan 2026 13:03:19
Sell - Badiashille, Disasi and Sterling.

Sign - Guehi and Wharton

Starting 11 -

Sanchez

James
Fofana and Guehi (Colwill for Fofana when fit)
Cucurella

Caicedo, Wharton and Fernandez

Palmer and Estavao

Joao Pedro.

03 Jan 2026 13:20:40
CfB, Anderson because I think he would work well with Caicedo and might be needed if Lavia never comes back.
Sesko was my first choice forward last year. To my eyes he would have been perfect for us.
Costa because I think he is the best keeper in Europe.

03 Jan 2026 13:34:34
I would sell Fernandez, Garnacho and Chalobah should get £130 M plus

Would buy Wharton and Guehi.

03 Jan 2026 14:05:04
Washington is still at the club.

03 Jan 2026 14:48:54
Wow tomb i genuinely thought he was gone.

03 Jan 2026 14:49:44
J. Actually like that team. I am still unsure on joao Pedro.

03 Jan 2026 19:09:07
Im sorry but the valuation you giys are placing on our players is outrageous. Enzo garnacho and chalobah 130m?

03 Jan 2026 20:47:15
Not outrageous just not aligned with yours or maybe another supporters valuation. I personally think £130m is on the low side.

I also wouldn’t sell Caicedo for anything less than £175m.

What on earth difference does a fans valuation make? There are only two valuations that count and that’s the selling and buying club.

Fans generally value a player on biased opinions anyway!

03 Jan 2026 09:08:02
Interesting article about Maresca and Chelsea in the Guardian .

May well be the clubs side of events but if half the things are true we are well rid of him.

03 Jan 2026 09:49:59
Thanks for sharing seymns2, very interesting read.

03 Jan 2026 11:14:31
My guess is there will be an element of truth on both sides.

03 Jan 2026 12:00:35
Oh and I should have added Costa. The transfer balance should be about plus £60m.