Chelsea Rumours Archive May 31 2018

31 May 2018 21:52:29
Chelsea, won't pay Napoli for Sarri's release!

Club is an absolute joke. absolutely embarrassing considering what every other club is doing. We are really showing Sarri how much we want him right now! He sort of didn't extend his contract with Napoli as he wanted to see if the grass was greener and in us it was.

But this is going on too long, we need to get to the summer business and this delay ain't helping I'm sure new recruits would like to know who our manager is before they commit to us. Over a 7m release clause we are really affecting our summer plans, very smart move.

Apparently Chelsea are willing to wait and see what Sarri's lawyers do to get him out of the Napoli contract. Sooner rather later Sarri will move on, may get another job offer and we would look like absolute fools as we have practically wasted so much time chasing him, agreeing terms etc.

Very concerned with how things are going at the club, something ain't right for sure. This ain't us stomping over 7m. It's a joke.

31 May 2018 22:47:37
Shak, Ed outlined on the Banter page how messy the subject of Sarri could become.
I don’t want the bloke as our manager but I don’t want his employment to turn into a legal circus, with lawyers being the only winners!

01 Jun 2018 00:00:37
So with Sarri out of frame the names are Blanc And Avram grant according to tomorrow’s papers, the board have sat on there hands knowing conte will be leaving or at least want him out and haven’t appeared to make any arrangements, again while others are looking at targets we are starting our managerial search, average squad will now get average manager, at this rate I want conte to stay. Clubs in absolute turmoil.

01 Jun 2018 08:02:22
MM: Now they have "Zidane lined up for Chelsea" added to the Blanc, Sarri, Conte staying and Avram Grant lined up as a stop gap charade. From Mourinho's last year we seem to have gone off the rails when we used to keep it simple. The list of players 'lined' up is getting longer and longer which means we would have an extensive 'leave' list coming plus it must be destabilising for the current players. On the other side Abramovich says he is totally committed followed elsewhere by he wants £1.2bn for the club. There is no doubt it is destabilising the supporters!

01 Jun 2018 09:52:47
Sorry TomB, it's just frustration mate.

01 Jun 2018 10:17:45
No need to be sorry and I do understand your frustration. That’s how fans are supposed to be.
We all want to be players first then we know better than the manager and ever owner has lost the plot.
Can’t wait for the new season!

01 Jun 2018 18:45:37
Trouble is if we pay Sarri's release clause 7 million then add contes 9million. 16 million for nothing. Its ok for everyone to moan. But if that was coming out of your bank account you wouldn't be happy. In fact if the papers reported CFC had just handed over 16 million to someone and got nothing in return you would all be going mad.
Dont get me wrong its not great i want a new manager in and players signed before world cup. But that doesn't look like its going to happen.

07 Jun 2018 09:03:18
I don't really know why CFC is so dull this season in terms of transfer issues. many teams are ahead of us what's the reall issue guys?

31 May 2018 15:38:12
I think Roman is looking to sell the club.
Our BP and the latest stadium news just adds weight to my theory but it is only a theory.

31 May 2018 17:08:17
I think so, officially withdraw from UK visa, got Israeli visa, pulled stadium plans as doesn’t want to invest money into uk. Been quiet on Chelsea front too, lack of interest maybe in last year or so,

31 May 2018 18:27:44
No smoke without fire, something is wrong. It's being one challenge after another as regards the stadium reconstruction. Now i read he isn't happy about the UK visa issues. Please for whatever reason it may be i pray it gets resolved cos I like Roman Abrahimovich as the Chelsea owner.

31 May 2018 23:43:11
maybe some sheikh might take over and challenge city.

31 May 2018 13:39:51
Chelsea has put its new stadium project on hold. No further pre-construction design and planning work will occur.

The club does not have a time frame set for reconsideration of its decision.

The decision was made due to the current unfavourable investment climate.

31 May 2018 11:48:08
An option of sarri terminating his own contract for £1.5m was available to @ChelseaFC that is why they offered a middle path of £4m to ADL which he refused. if they take the 1.5m route then I hope they know what they are doing. This could get messy.

31 May 2018 12:22:11
Zidane anyone?

31 May 2018 12:46:06
I am unsure on zidane. he is my favourite non Chelsea player ever and I know he has won 3 UCL's on the bounce but its hard to tell if he is a fantastic manager yet with the league form not being fantastic. any of the EDs have an opinion like this or opposite? would love to hear other views.

{Ed001's Note - like you said it is impossible to judge him but the league form does suggest he struggles to get the players performing consistently over the course of a season. From what I saw of him in charge of Castilla, he is pretty hopeless tactically though. All he did when he stepped in is stop the players from turning against him, like they did with Benitez, where they wouldn't listen to him. Then he took Rafa's system and tactics and made the fans accept them, which they wouldn't do when it was Rafa. Somehow when Zidane played Casemiro as a DM it was a masterstroke, when Benitez had been doing the exact same thing it was because he was too cautious!}

31 May 2018 12:49:23
No chance.

Plus he would want a break. Chelsea would have made their own enquiries about Zidane beforehand I assume.

31 May 2018 16:00:13
Yeah, seems it was a masterstroke from the Madrid board more than anything. first manager I remember not to sign a "galactico" which I think again highlights his role as more of a peacemaker in dressing room than long term top top manager. but hey, he could prove me wrong. france @ euro 2020 is his next one I think.

{Ed001's Note - is there anything else he can do that won't feel like a step down for him now? He would have to win the Euros and World Cup to come close really.}

01 Jun 2018 08:07:20
yeah I agree. I found it interesting that he mentioned la liga triumph meant more to him than a UCL treble! I think that highlights his own feeling of discontent across the whole season, he also mentioned the loss to leganes in the copa semi.