Chelsea rumours 2

26 Aug 2025 00:52:08
Hi Ed, any truth to Jackson to Bayern rumours?

{Ed001's Note - I don't know. I did ask someone who should know but they haven't got back to me yet and I didn't want to just leave you waiting on an answer.}

25 Aug 2025 08:43:01
Any of the ed, s have a slight hint on if chelsea might be tempted by pierre hincapie with all the out goings and disasi close to bournmouth could this be something the club look at or are we throwing faith into what we have not sure if hincapie is even that good? is he left sided cb or right.

{Ed001's Note - Hincapie is a left sided defender, he can also play in midfield and at full-back. But he plays in a back 3 and I have never seen him play in a back four set up. I do personally rate him and think he would be a good signing, but I don't know if you are going for him.}

25 Aug 2025 10:44:12
great thanks edd i guess it would affect a lot if we did as wed have tosin, acheampong, fofana and chalobah fighting for 2 spots and levi back in the new year id imagine the move would only happen if acheampong or trevoh would be sold don't see either happening, saw he was linked to spurs, they definetly need cover with romero and van de vens absence/ injury issues.

{Ed001's Note - and the fact that Romero and van de Ven are not very good.}

25 Aug 2025 12:27:08
I think there both solid enough cbs romero is a liability do he's liable of losing the plot at ahy stage VVD relies on his pace a lot.

{Ed001's Note - don't rate either. Romero is rash and wild and a liability. Van de Ven is very poor defensively and wholly reliant on his pace. If players had skill like they used to, they would love taking him on as he is hopeless one on one. Sadly these days skill is mostly coached out of players.}

25 Aug 2025 16:11:58
Yeah agree i guess with what your saying, its just when both play they seem to improve the team and whem there both missing totenham just fall to pieces that's kind of what i was going off more than what iv seen, i love when we play spurs do romero is a gaurentee to do something crazy?.

25 Aug 2025 21:07:10
Romero is a truly awful player and the longer he atays at spurs the happier I will be. Looking good for you guys tonight ED, you were being played off the park until Gordan did Romero things.

20 Aug 2025 10:24:02
Wes Fofana has deleted everything relating to Chelsea on his instagram account! Any news chatters?

20 Aug 2025 13:58:03
He pressed the wrong button?

17 Aug 2025 22:24:52
I should have mentioned that a fellow ST holder at the match today told me that Potter wants Sterling. West Ham have asked about a subsidised loan but we are waiting to see if there any last min offers.

Apparently Fulham also asked but they are waiting on an answer from an alternative target.

26 Aug 2025 06:54:03
Reason it appears as I have issues with the English players. Can't sterling contract be cancelled like other players. It bad enough that he's given a criminal contract with the English hype and favouritism but no club wants him. Things are just different for English players in the epl. They are given undue advantage. Whoever that was responsible for sterling for Chelsea should be made to face certain consequences.

29 Aug 2025 10:52:37
Any deal for a contract buy out has to satisfy both parties. My guess is that Chelsea have discussed that possibility with Sterling.

English players and homegrown rules I assume that something similar applies to all the different leagues?

I think the initial “statement” signings were mainly a disaster. In my opinion there was no need to rush but eventually the new owners are getting there act together.

13 Aug 2025 13:40:30
Saw a rumours of donnaruma looking leave psg. Are Chelsea looking to sign him or as rumoured, is man City his destination. Anyone with any useful information should please share with us here thanks.

13 Aug 2025 14:39:04
No information but god I hope not.

13 Aug 2025 14:58:51
I wasn't particurarly imprssed by his performance at CWC Tusole. He is certainly experienced, a big unit and presence in the box and can be commanding there against aerial threats but just seems lacking in a bit of nimbleness in getting down to low to shots in particular. A reason why PSG willing to let him go?

Have no idea if we're trying for him.

{Ed001's Note - his wage demands are why PSG want rid.}

14 Aug 2025 08:44:58
Looking at data Donarruma and Sanchez are very similar, so why buy Donnoruma to replace Sanchez, especially as Edd001 states, his wage demands!
The SD's see Penders as the next big thing after this coming season on loan at Strausburg, with Slonina as no2, let's see what the club decvide!

{Ed001's Note - he is not a great keeper - should have been, but has shown little real improvement since he emerged at 17. So many errors as well, no wonder they were so happy to just replace him when he demanded a pay rise.}

14 Aug 2025 08:59:12
Good info Ed001 as always and thanks for it.

{Ed001's Note - very welcome mate. Enrique doesn't like players to rock the boat and get too big for their boots. The club pays them extremely well anyway, so if they get greedy, he won't stand for it. He wants them to be team players first and foremost. He relies a lot on togetherness amongst his squad, hence them offloading all the big time Charlies and going with young, hungry players.}

19 Aug 2025 16:38:23
The whole “big = commanding in the box” thing is a false logic. Like lots of Italian goalkeepers, Donnarumma’s general approach when a ball comes in is to go deep to give himself time to react, relying on the large wingspan to help with that. It’s a question of style and choice.

Sanchez is also a “big unit” and, while Donnarumma is probably a better / more consistent shot stopper, Sanchez is a better passer of the ball under pressure. I think the same thing that rules Donnarumma out at PSG would extend to the role in a Maresca side. It makes little sense to me as a rumour.

23 Aug 2025 12:21:24
FD77, very interesting observations.

11 Aug 2025 12:18:40
Could this be true, David Fofana and Disasi both going to play in the "old gold" of Wolves?

Apparently fees/ terms being negotiated.

11 Aug 2025 13:24:59
Would be good for us and them - in terms of ending uncertainty- if it was true but yes is it? What source/ s?

11 Aug 2025 14:32:44
JBS, the Wolves page.

11 Aug 2025 15:13:05
OK, interesting Tom, and perhaps some on there alert to sources we aren't I guess. though having said that I think I do distantly recall a Wolves link to Disasi though not the D Fofana one.

09 Aug 2025 04:23:00
Hi Eds, where do you see Nico Jackson ending up? Staying in the prem? going abroad? Or being priced out of a move?

{Ed001's Note - looks like Newcastle will end up taking him.}

10 Aug 2025 12:56:06
Although he splits opinion, if delap or Pedro get injured, who else is there, Guiu gone on loan, broja gone, now Jackson and nkunku, we might need another striker.

11 Aug 2025 12:24:17
Ill admit I thought Jackson did pretty well for us and had wanted him to stay but our performances without him and with new arrivals have made me slightly less worried. but yes injuries to both Pedro and Delap would have us playing Palmer or Neto or someone out of position as a false 9 and wouldn't be great. Would be happier if he didn't go to an EPL rival but expectNJ wouldn't be happy to be back up striker for us?

11 Aug 2025 12:25:54
I think Jackson very likely to go to Newcastle though as ED001 reports and reason why Isak to LFC not yet confirmed could well be waiting on oucome of negotiations between the Magpies/ Barcodes and us.

06 Aug 2025 14:54:40
With Newcastle apparently losing out on Sesko, it's rumoured that they will now be coming back to us about Jackson.

Given the amount there were willing to pay for Sesko and given that it could be argued that Jackson (haven't checked the stats) has been more prolific than Sesko and Jackson is tested in the premiership, I'm guessing £80+add ons will seem like small change to them.

Anyway, gutted he is going to Utd.

06 Aug 2025 21:04:18
I would be very surprised if any club would pay £80 million for Jackson plus add ons : really!

07 Aug 2025 08:33:03
Jimbo, you have already posted that you would sell him for £45m.

I personally wouldn’t sell him unless is was crazy money.

04 Aug 2025 12:40:20
So Ugo is off to Burnley and KDH is possibly off to Everton, the SD's are busy bees indeed.

04 Aug 2025 13:20:21
I’m a fan of both players and I think Burnley and Everton will be doing well to sign them.

04 Aug 2025 13:42:23
I never really saw much of Ugo Tom but I agree about KDH, a nice lad who seemed to get better as the season went on but with the talent we have in those midfield areas together with young Reggie coming through the academy I guess a move for him is the right one. Broja also off to Burnley.

04 Aug 2025 14:13:19
RPD, I was singing the praises for his cameos for us the season before last. He looked like a proper disciplined DM. I kept any eye out for when he was towards the end of last season for Southampton and again he looked useful. I hope we have a good sell on clause.

04 Aug 2025 14:50:05
Agree about Lesley Ugochukwu, Tom.

04 Aug 2025 21:23:19
Agree about both though KDH played increasingly important role for us as season went on. If they leave I will wish them all the best except when playing us!

06 Aug 2025 12:06:00
Would add that I thought we needed likes of such players who are uncomplaimng squad members to give us depth with at least 50 games and oerhaos as many as 60 to play this season. Will be inteeresting to see how many are in our squad come end if this window and whether all will be ok with not being regular first team first choices.

03 Aug 2025 09:34:27
Jackson to link up again with Emery at Villa. We want £80 million.

03 Aug 2025 12:05:52
Greenaway,

I would sooner take Rogers.

03 Aug 2025 12:12:01
I love all these rumours.

I wouldn’t sell Jackson for anything less than £90m.

03 Aug 2025 19:45:53
Tom, I’d sell him for £45 million.

03 Aug 2025 20:09:45
Jimbo, if we do sell him I guess you might be happy then!

03 Aug 2025 22:22:08
90m would be massive but these SD's could get 100 im sure, our SD's could sell water to a fish lol.

04 Aug 2025 04:02:09
Let me make it clear my £90m figure was tongue in cheek. I wouldn’t sell Jackson unless we were getting Sesko.

04 Aug 2025 06:50:10
But could not sell Veiga to Athletico Madrid.

Perhaps they should become fishmongers instead.

04 Aug 2025 08:34:13
Tom, I don’t know what Maresca’s plans are for the No 9 slot but Jackson could end up on the bench he won’t like and he is a sulker. He is not a top class striker and he we got a lot of money for him- all well and good, we need to make sales and I certainly wouldn’t miss him.

04 Aug 2025 09:19:51
Well I certainly wouldn’t want Jackson or any other player being happy sitting on the bench.

In my opinion if we can’t get Sesko or maybe Roger’s then don’t sell Jackson.

04 Aug 2025 09:22:11
Bill, I’m not sure what happens with the rumoured transfer of Veiga to AM but I still think there will be other interested clubs in him. The one that’s gone very quite is any sale of Disasi. I think he will be much harder to move on!

04 Aug 2025 09:57:30
The pressing question – is GoldStandard King Frank?

04 Aug 2025 11:01:07
My guess is not but who knows! I’m happy he referred to me as “Mr Tom” in one post.

04 Aug 2025 11:31:31
I'm guessing it's the original Standard.

04 Aug 2025 11:41:34
U wouldn't sell Jackson yet. I see another salah, debrune case with Jackson.

04 Aug 2025 11:55:23
Cfc, I definitely don’t think it’s “Standard. ”.

04 Aug 2025 12:39:04
King Frank trolling the pages in one of his many guises or Standard? I think Edw might be right on this one.

04 Aug 2025 13:33:30
Whoever it is, it doesn't read anything like Standard.

04 Aug 2025 18:22:43
dont see it with jackson- think he's comfortably behind pedro and delap- if a decent offer comes in id drop him off myself, we need to trim down the squad big time. i just pray we don't sign garnarcho and undo the good work of the window so far.

02 Aug 2025 09:26:58
Broja off for £25 million. All pure profit as a homegrown as well. The transfer fees this summer are at a record high.

{Ed001's Note - that's not how profit works. It is not about homegrown status mate. It is about whether you have an outstanding fees to pay out on them from signing them initially and potential sell-on clauses etc. He is close to pure profit but not entirely pure profit. For starters there really is no such thing as (unless the player hands in a written transfer request) 5% of the transfer fee goes to the player. Then there is another 5% which is split between the teams that the player was with in youth football, a thank you for developing a youth system and to keep teams wanting to have an academy. That will mean you have to split some of that 5% with Spurs.}

02 Aug 2025 10:50:51
Still ed i think (my opinion) that £25 mill for a player that has been injured for nearly 2 years is another great deal from our club. I assume there will be a sell on fee included as there has been with most players we have sold.

{Ed001's Note - it is an amazing price, he has never looked good enough even when fit.}

02 Aug 2025 11:57:41
Thankyou for explaining that ED01.
As you say, an unbelievable good deal by the club and just highlights what huge fees are being generated.

{Ed001's Note - very welcome.}

04 Aug 2025 08:07:39
Must admit we now sell players for good prices which was the case before now. It's a positive one from the board.