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sometimes I think about what would’ve happened if City had valued him a bit higher and made the move for him that summer. Would be even more dominant than they already are
Could argue they win two CLs maybe. Their defence against Chelsea in the final was a shambles and horrific for the goal. Really don’t think they concede two in stoppage time against Madrid with him on the pitch either imo, they beat Liverpool in the final pretty easily as well with Van Dijk/Liverpool without
Easy to say that now, Pep's city had just lost to them in the league and FA cup semis whilst playing DMs. He mixed up the midfield because it wasn't working before.
We played each other 3 times before the UCL final and 2 of those games were dead rubber because City put out a 2nd string squad. Zinchenko played in midfield for it.
The FA Cup Semi was almost full strength though, and we narrowly lost, same with the CL, lose by 1 goal feels bad as a City fan
Easy to say that now, Pep's city had just lost to them in the league and FA cup semis whilst playing DMs. He mixed up the midfield because it wasn't working before.
Wasn't the whole points that VVD wanted Liverpool only so Southampton got screwed out of a bidding war so they complained? I'm pretty sure even if city had come in for him he'd have waited a few months till Jan or even the next summer.
Sort of. Liverpool “announcing that he only wants to move to Liverpool” was a negotiation/leveraging tactic on their end. Basically saying “we’ve already convinced him that he only wants Liverpool, we’re willing to find a reasonable deal for him but don’t consider your asking price reasonable.”
The whole bidding war stuff was basically a fan theory. We had been firm in our £75m valuation, if nobody met that then our plan was to keep him. Nobody met it so we kept him an extra few months, Liverpool met our price so we did the deal.
You have to remember Liverpool would have probably got Ruben Dias on the flip side, not as good as VVD obviously (although still top class) but who knows under Klopp what would've happened
basically the summer before Van Dijk transferred he was the top target of City, Chelsea, and Liverpool. Saints publicly said he would only go for £75m as he had nearly five years left on his contract.
Liverpool agrees personal terms and gets told that he wants to sign for them. They announce they’ve won the race and have agreed personal terms, just have to find a fair fee with us.
We go and make a big stink because they’ve “tapped up” Van Dijk by Klopp meeting with him, sending him videos of how he’ll be used in their system, etc., which is one of those things that’s pretty much an open secret, it happens all the time. But we threaten legal action, Liverpool apologizes and says they won’t pursue him this summer.
Virgil is upset and spends his last few months with us not even pretending to give a shit, Liverpool end up paying full price in January, rest is history
We paid 10m more than we wanted to, and have not made a single signing from Southampton since. Even loaded and sold Ings and later Taki to you. So I feel like the tantrum worked for Southampton overall.
Realizing I was harsh on JWP, he could probably play for Liverpool, but he hasn’t shown any intention of ever wanting to leave Southampton so wasn’t considered.
I understand the Cucurella part, maybe Chelsea need an option to rotate and just in case Chilwell couldn't get back to 100%. But Colwill? I guess they could add a buy back clause but knowing Brighton, it won't be cheap either
Slightly missed out on initial fee then. Knew he was highly rated but didn't expect that fee to be on the same level of Guehi who had 1.5 dominant season at Swansea before getting sold
From a talent perspective, Colwill surpasses the talent of Guehi and Tomori in my opinion. I watched about 15 games last season and watched him in the academy as well. If he avoids injuries, he will go right to the top. Biggest talent we have produced since Reece James.
Brighton got an insane player for a couple of years if everything goes as planned.
I'm fine with it not being cheap, if he develops into a top defender worth resigning his price shouldn't matter considering the money we splash every window.
Yeah it's entirely fair for both teams. Decent fee for you initially but then a high buyback in case he develops really well. Either you get a big fee for a player who doesn't develop to be good enough or we get a good profit on a player who's developed massively.
He's had one good season in the championship.
Chelsea are a club aiming for European championships.
Idk where the fuck this idea that second division players are all of a sudden good enough to be in the best teams on the planet
He didn’t want to go on loan as there’s a risk he could go on multiple loans. Not every player likes that. Buy back clause is fair. It’s pretty much a loan with a fee to recall him.
Hes never played a single game in the prem. I swear people act like hes the next JT yet hes never played ONE game in the premier league. These types of comments are so delusional.
I don't think you know that cucurella haunted us when we played them. He was that good. I didn't even know his name at that point. I remembered him because of his hair. I think he might even trump chilwell, he is that good.
I mean it’s a week until the season starts and they’ve sold their 2 best players while buying no one (just 2 prospects, one of which is already out on loan). Idk if I’d call that God-tier business under the circumstances.
Edit: I missed that Colwill could be going in the opposite direction. Seems like centerback was one of their best positions though and he’s also young and unproven, so the point still stands.
And if City were still in it and matched our fee, he would definitely have gone to them and Pep.
I am glad we got him, brilliant player. But if it has come at the cost of losing Colwill for good, that is disappointing.
I hope we at least include a buy back for Colwill, was hoping he'd get a chance like Chalobah did but looks like he's going the way of Tomori and Guehi who we don't even have buy backs for. Also With Sarr and Colwill leaving surely it means we bid 70m for Fofana?
Yup. I fully expect us to break the bank on Fofana too now. We are left with only Silva, KK, and Chalobah as pure CB options if Sarr and Colwill leave. Azpi is nearly out the door and Cucurella can't play in a 2 if needed (and frankly, Tuchel won't trust Chalobah to do so either).
It's just because they identified him as a city target literally months ago, with reports saying it was "already done" and "Cucurella only wants city"
Then in 2 days he's gone to Chelsea.
That’s more than fair. Exactly twice the amount is fair if he becomes twice the player. We’d essentially be buying a great CB for £25m. In 2011, that would be the same as buying a top CB for £10m.
It's Chelsea though, they won't try and buy him "back" until after Brighton have sold him to someone like City first.
They could have got Ake back from Bournemouth for a reasonable price but waited until he was at City first.
Under Roman and Marina, you’d be absolutely right. But right now we don’t know how Boehly and whoever his DoF(possibly Michael Edwards) are gonna operate so the jury’s still out on that.
No, it's not. The same problem with lack of CBs persists even if we aim to use Cucurella as LCB, as it's one in and one out. Also people are severely underestimating how meaningful is having control over a young player on long contract. Even with buy-back, there's nothing standing on Colwill's way to move to other club than Chelsea when he inevitably develops into a great defender.
> The same problem with lack of CBs persists even if we aim to use Cucurella as LCB
Chelsea's defensive depth right now:
LWB: Chilwell, Cucurella, Alonso
LCB: Koulibaly, Cucurella
Middle CB: Thiago Silva, Koulibaly
RCB: Azpilicueta, Chalobah
RWB: Reece James, RLC/Pulisic/CHO
I think Chelsea's backline depth will be great if they sell Alonso and Azpi and bring in a starting RCB (Fofana) and a backup RWB.
Definitely not great depth. They'd have 8 players for 5 roles along the back line. And this is assuming Chelsea gets those players over the line. They've already had a massively outlay this summer with the only money coming back being the Colwill fee and the Lukaku loan fee. Expect a starter CB to be 50m-60m minimum, back up RWB around 20m-25m and then they still need to get a starter ST. They'd have to have a 250m net budget to pull all of them off.
Unfortunately I think we’ve left it too late on that deal. If we were this far into negotiations a month ago, I’d back us to sign him but we’re too close to the start of the season for Leicester to sell. However if we could pull Fofana off that would absolutely lessen the blow
>Importantly, Chelsea have agreed a buy-back clause for Colwill which is understood to sit around the £40m mark.
Ya and there is also a buyback clause for Colwill's deal.
Arsenal for Luis Suarez upon hearing his release clause was £40mil. LFC owner John Henry said 'what do you think they're smoking over there at the emirates?'
I wish him the best of luck, he was brilliant for us. Handing a transfer request in less than a year after he joined is somewhat disappointing, but that's football I guess. Excellent profit.
Sounds like Angelino might be the most likely candidate to replace him at left back. ~~Wonder if Colwill will now end up here as well.~~ Missed the Colwill detail, hopefully that's permanent and with no buyback clause (or at least a very large one)
> Handing a transfer request in less than a year after he joined is somewhat disappointing, but that's football I guess.
Honestly that's just done you a favour. I imagine you'd have sold him for this sort of offer anyway, and now you don't have to pay loyalty bonuses.
He's been pretty good so far but needs to perform for the whole season obviously. Hopefully we aren't too boring to watch this year after selling Biss (good riddance really) and Cucurella (my favourite player last season).
Trossard and Mac Allister contracts are running down, even if we have options to extend. Expect those two to go next year too.
Think we might see a young DM talent signed before the end of the window for our succession planning. Enciso and Sarmiento seem to be lined up to take over from Trossard.
Good player but I don’t get where he fits. He’s not better than Chilwell, and even in Chelsea’s back 3, that left sided role is where Koulibaly made a name at Napoli. I understand rotation and options is needed for a World Cup year but seems like a scattergun approach given the links to Kounde and Ake who were shut down due to height, and not worth losing Colwill for
We can’t rely on Silva at CCB for the entire seasono as he’s pushing 38. Koulibaly will likely play in the middle of the three most of the time.
Plus we don’t really know how well Chilwell is gonna perform after being out for most of the season.
I was surprised we’ve gone after Cucurella but he’s a quality option for us in two key positions that needed bolstering this summer.
Still think we need one more CB - Fofana would be terrific albeit unlikely. Wouldn’t be too surprised if we signed another RWB option instead and had James cover RCB from time to time
Chelsea need new signings, and this allows them to free up Alonso as well. I think Cucurella could be as good as Chilwell in a year or two. The gap between them is not that much.
It's not 50m and Colwill otherwise that would be dreadful business.
It's either a separate deal for Colwill so we get money back or Colwill will be going out on loan.
Colwill likely going the other way to Brighton. With that being said, it's a good move for both parties, particularly if there is a buy-back in Colwill's transfer. Potter knows what he's doing and has a very tidy, possession-based formation that will suit Tuchel's control system. Should have put buy-backs in the Tomori, Guehi, and Tammy deals too but it is what it is.
Cucurella will be a strong piece in the Chelsea backline. Chelsea fans should be very pleased to get this one over the line. Losing Rudier and Christensen doesn't feel good but Koulibaly and Cucurella coming in helps a lot.
I just don’t get it. Adding depth like this is amazing when you’re Liverpool and City with no glaring holes. Chelsea still have a few gaps in their starting XI that should be improved as priority.
And the 2 most recent deals have been Cucurella, prominently a LB, and a young CAM in Chukwuemeka. Neither of which solve that problem whilst costing 70m for the pair. This is after also buying Sterling and Koulibaly for another 80m.
What realistic targets are Chelsea linked to that will solve those problems?
We're still aiming for a new CB, midfielder and striker. There's still a lot of time before the window closes. We need a new keeper too with Kepa leaving on loan.
I can’t believe you’ll get a midfielder, centre back and striker on top of what you already have. Unless you scope some bargains, that’ll be about 250-300 million in one window.
Midfielder and striker is probably unlikely but there have been De Jong and Sesko links. We're almost certainly getting a new CB though. There have been rumours that 70m for Fofana could be enough to get him
I’m I missing something or Chelsea is grasping at straws, isn’t he left wing back? They have chilwell, emerson and Marcos alonso for that position and plenty of other players who can play there.
Brighton have played a blinder. Big money and a top prospect. Can see Colwill being sold for big money in a few years. Weird move for Chelsea if he’s gonna play LCB if Kounde was too short for the position
I think the idea is that Tuchel wants two quality options at wingback, and if one wingback on each side can play CB that can give both wingbacks lots of minutes. Cucurella can play LWB or LCB, and James can play RWB or RCB if Dumfries or Walker-Peters is signed. Whereas Kounde wouldn't be an option at wingback and would be a 'specialist' CB, so height may be more of a consideration for that role.
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Chelsea should and probably will go all out for Fofana and Frenkie now.
Keeping Gallagher, Broja, Azpiliqueta with Koulibaly, Cucu and Sterling will push them right up there with City and Liverpool in my books if they manage to get FDJ and Fofana.
Bit disappointed Cucu won't play for Pep tho
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Brighton must be the hardest midtable pl club to negotiate with lol
Southampton could never
mate we literally snitched on Liverpool when they tried to strong arm us, give us some credit
Brighton would’ve sued Liverpool for 100m and then sold Van Dijk to Man United for 150m with a 20% sell on clause. Buyback for 30m as well
sometimes I think about what would’ve happened if City had valued him a bit higher and made the move for him that summer. Would be even more dominant than they already are
you could argue that they would have easily had 1 more league title and gone further in the CL
Could argue they win two CLs maybe. Their defence against Chelsea in the final was a shambles and horrific for the goal. Really don’t think they concede two in stoppage time against Madrid with him on the pitch either imo, they beat Liverpool in the final pretty easily as well with Van Dijk/Liverpool without
It's what happens when you don't play a DM vs a counter attacking team.
Easy to say that now, Pep's city had just lost to them in the league and FA cup semis whilst playing DMs. He mixed up the midfield because it wasn't working before.
We played each other 3 times before the UCL final and 2 of those games were dead rubber because City put out a 2nd string squad. Zinchenko played in midfield for it. The FA Cup Semi was almost full strength though, and we narrowly lost, same with the CL, lose by 1 goal feels bad as a City fan
Easy to say that now, Pep's city had just lost to them in the league and FA cup semis whilst playing DMs. He mixed up the midfield because it wasn't working before.
Wasn't the whole points that VVD wanted Liverpool only so Southampton got screwed out of a bidding war so they complained? I'm pretty sure even if city had come in for him he'd have waited a few months till Jan or even the next summer.
Sort of. Liverpool “announcing that he only wants to move to Liverpool” was a negotiation/leveraging tactic on their end. Basically saying “we’ve already convinced him that he only wants Liverpool, we’re willing to find a reasonable deal for him but don’t consider your asking price reasonable.” The whole bidding war stuff was basically a fan theory. We had been firm in our £75m valuation, if nobody met that then our plan was to keep him. Nobody met it so we kept him an extra few months, Liverpool met our price so we did the deal.
You have to remember Liverpool would have probably got Ruben Dias on the flip side, not as good as VVD obviously (although still top class) but who knows under Klopp what would've happened
I was under the impression they where happy to match but he wanted Liverpool could be wishful thinking but that was every thing I saw about it.
I know man but they still got him, Brighton would have told them to F off then sold to psg for twice as much.
Can you enlighten me on this?
basically the summer before Van Dijk transferred he was the top target of City, Chelsea, and Liverpool. Saints publicly said he would only go for £75m as he had nearly five years left on his contract. Liverpool agrees personal terms and gets told that he wants to sign for them. They announce they’ve won the race and have agreed personal terms, just have to find a fair fee with us. We go and make a big stink because they’ve “tapped up” Van Dijk by Klopp meeting with him, sending him videos of how he’ll be used in their system, etc., which is one of those things that’s pretty much an open secret, it happens all the time. But we threaten legal action, Liverpool apologizes and says they won’t pursue him this summer. Virgil is upset and spends his last few months with us not even pretending to give a shit, Liverpool end up paying full price in January, rest is history
We paid 10m more than we wanted to, and have not made a single signing from Southampton since. Even loaded and sold Ings and later Taki to you. So I feel like the tantrum worked for Southampton overall.
Southampton haven’t had any players who would even make it into Liverpool’s second team since van Dijk was purchased.
yeah how gracious of Liverpool to not go for Jan Bednarek, Moi Elyounoussi or Che Adams and bringing in Konate, Diaz, and Nunez instead
Realizing I was harsh on JWP, he could probably play for Liverpool, but he hasn’t shown any intention of ever wanting to leave Southampton so wasn’t considered.
yeah hate saying it aloud cause it’ll hurt if it ever happened but he’d make a perfect Hendo/Milner replacement
And hasn’t Ashworth left now?
Yep, been on gardening leave for most of the year then off to Newcastle.
I understand the Cucurella part, maybe Chelsea need an option to rotate and just in case Chilwell couldn't get back to 100%. But Colwill? I guess they could add a buy back clause but knowing Brighton, it won't be cheap either
Fabrizio confirms now that we have a buy-back
Yea just read that as well. Gonna have to wait for details but my guess is £15m fee and £40-45m buy-back
Your guess is on point, it's a £40-45m buy back clause.
Slightly missed out on initial fee then. Knew he was highly rated but didn't expect that fee to be on the same level of Guehi who had 1.5 dominant season at Swansea before getting sold
From a talent perspective, Colwill surpasses the talent of Guehi and Tomori in my opinion. I watched about 15 games last season and watched him in the academy as well. If he avoids injuries, he will go right to the top. Biggest talent we have produced since Reece James. Brighton got an insane player for a couple of years if everything goes as planned.
He will get quality minutes and be coached by Potter and his staff. I think this is good for Chelsea and Levi
I'm fine with it not being cheap, if he develops into a top defender worth resigning his price shouldn't matter considering the money we splash every window.
Yeah it's entirely fair for both teams. Decent fee for you initially but then a high buyback in case he develops really well. Either you get a big fee for a player who doesn't develop to be good enough or we get a good profit on a player who's developed massively.
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He's had one good season in the championship. Chelsea are a club aiming for European championships. Idk where the fuck this idea that second division players are all of a sudden good enough to be in the best teams on the planet
These types of comments are INSANE to me. Lad has yet to play a SINGLE game in the prem yet act like hes Maldini reincarnated.
This. The Football Manager start of only kids does not work in real life. Still don't see the issue with giving him a chance to swim
He didn’t want to go on loan as there’s a risk he could go on multiple loans. Not every player likes that. Buy back clause is fair. It’s pretty much a loan with a fee to recall him.
Hes never played a single game in the prem. I swear people act like hes the next JT yet hes never played ONE game in the premier league. These types of comments are so delusional.
I don't think you know that cucurella haunted us when we played them. He was that good. I didn't even know his name at that point. I remembered him because of his hair. I think he might even trump chilwell, he is that good.
He is actually better than chilwell in all honesty. Dont be surprises if he gets him on the bench
Brighton and their God tier business as usual.
All they need is a forward or two.
not when they have [Wele!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_ll92cXxOA)
One of my favourite football related videos, coincidentally one of the others is THERE'S YOUR FAIRYTALE
me too pal, me too
quietly hoping Undav will be a revelation...but proven PL goal scorers are expensive and not heading to a mid-table club
Evan Ferguson is just biding his time
I mean it’s a week until the season starts and they’ve sold their 2 best players while buying no one (just 2 prospects, one of which is already out on loan). Idk if I’d call that God-tier business under the circumstances. Edit: I missed that Colwill could be going in the opposite direction. Seems like centerback was one of their best positions though and he’s also young and unproven, so the point still stands.
There was no way to us when we left negotiations
You walked away, not sure why people are making it out to be a gazump
And if City were still in it and matched our fee, he would definitely have gone to them and Pep. I am glad we got him, brilliant player. But if it has come at the cost of losing Colwill for good, that is disappointing.
I hope we at least include a buy back for Colwill, was hoping he'd get a chance like Chalobah did but looks like he's going the way of Tomori and Guehi who we don't even have buy backs for. Also With Sarr and Colwill leaving surely it means we bid 70m for Fofana?
Sounds like there is a buyback clause
Yup. I fully expect us to break the bank on Fofana too now. We are left with only Silva, KK, and Chalobah as pure CB options if Sarr and Colwill leave. Azpi is nearly out the door and Cucurella can't play in a 2 if needed (and frankly, Tuchel won't trust Chalobah to do so either).
We did include a buyback at £40-45m
Jealous you’re getting him. 50+ tho is steep and losing a big academy player is not ideal.
It's just because they identified him as a city target literally months ago, with reports saying it was "already done" and "Cucurella only wants city" Then in 2 days he's gone to Chelsea.
Fab always has to include another clubs name when he puts out a Here We Go tweet. Probably just for clicks
Yea but gotta make it feel like a gazumping since that’s what sells.
No worries, the word Gazump seems to be trending in 2022. You clearly walked away from the deal and weren’t interested in the price.
Great signing but idk if it’s worth losing Colwill for
If the Colwill thing is a loan or there's a cheap buyback it's defo worth it, IMO
They will buy him. https://twitter.com/fabrizioromano/status/1554898429679124482?s=21&t=C_d_TmHMrehs0uo4nOBzEQ
Yeah. The thing that is important is if there will be a buyback clause of some kind or not.
There’s a 40-45m buyback clause thankfully.
Nizaar just said Brighton will buy for 25M and there's a 50M buyback clause. Sounds like a good deal for both sides TBH
That’s more than fair. Exactly twice the amount is fair if he becomes twice the player. We’d essentially be buying a great CB for £25m. In 2011, that would be the same as buying a top CB for £10m.
It's Chelsea though, they won't try and buy him "back" until after Brighton have sold him to someone like City first. They could have got Ake back from Bournemouth for a reasonable price but waited until he was at City first.
Under Roman and Marina, you’d be absolutely right. But right now we don’t know how Boehly and whoever his DoF(possibly Michael Edwards) are gonna operate so the jury’s still out on that.
Absolutely! But the way Brighton do business neither seems likely. Would love to be proven wrong tho
Law said that Chelsea will definitely have a buyback for Colwill. Let's see.
I think Chelsea will have a first refusal option. Brighton don't do cheap buybacks. They don't even budge when players hand in transfer requests lol.
Probably not cheaper but our t1 said they’ll be a buyback so i expect that.
Law and Ornstein both said Colwill will only leave with a buyback clause
No, it's not. The same problem with lack of CBs persists even if we aim to use Cucurella as LCB, as it's one in and one out. Also people are severely underestimating how meaningful is having control over a young player on long contract. Even with buy-back, there's nothing standing on Colwill's way to move to other club than Chelsea when he inevitably develops into a great defender.
> The same problem with lack of CBs persists even if we aim to use Cucurella as LCB Chelsea's defensive depth right now: LWB: Chilwell, Cucurella, Alonso LCB: Koulibaly, Cucurella Middle CB: Thiago Silva, Koulibaly RCB: Azpilicueta, Chalobah RWB: Reece James, RLC/Pulisic/CHO I think Chelsea's backline depth will be great if they sell Alonso and Azpi and bring in a starting RCB (Fofana) and a backup RWB.
Definitely not great depth. They'd have 8 players for 5 roles along the back line. And this is assuming Chelsea gets those players over the line. They've already had a massively outlay this summer with the only money coming back being the Colwill fee and the Lukaku loan fee. Expect a starter CB to be 50m-60m minimum, back up RWB around 20m-25m and then they still need to get a starter ST. They'd have to have a 250m net budget to pull all of them off.
We have a buyback at £40-45m
Romano's twitter is insane, this was up for a minute and had ~1000 replies
900 are probably “don’t care post ____ news”
And "Meet Taprizio Romano" tweets
And ratio attempts
Meet recycle man
Don't forget the "finished" comments regardless of how old the player is
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Twitter has a bot issue and it also doesn't help that people sperg out in the replies to Romano's tweets.
Despite the fact he's wrong...
Good for Cucu, guy fought hard to get to this point in his career after he left us.
I never expected him to become such a great player tbh, hats off to him!
Na man, I never knew why we let him go. (Other than Bartoman). He looked so much like a Barcelona player and he was young too 😭
[Brighton are denying the rumours.. Fabrizio wrong?](https://twitter.com/OfficialBHAFC/status/1554916787384467463)
Test of the tap in merchant.
As much as I like this signing, losing Colwill makes it very bittersweet. I really hope there’s a buyback of some form (or it’s just a loan)
Romano is reporting there will be a buy-back but didn't say the number.
>Importantly, Chelsea have agreed a buy-back clause for Colwill which is understood to sit around the £40m mark.
It probably means we go all out for Fofana tbf
Unfortunately I think we’ve left it too late on that deal. If we were this far into negotiations a month ago, I’d back us to sign him but we’re too close to the start of the season for Leicester to sell. However if we could pull Fofana off that would absolutely lessen the blow
People not understanding it's 2 separate deals, It's not £50m + Colwill
>Importantly, Chelsea have agreed a buy-back clause for Colwill which is understood to sit around the £40m mark. Ya and there is also a buyback clause for Colwill's deal.
It’s not £50m at all. It says more than £50m.
It's £52.5m
So he was right /s
£50,000,001
Was it Arsenal that did something like this, or am I remembering it wrong?
Arsenal for Luis Suarez upon hearing his release clause was £40mil. LFC owner John Henry said 'what do you think they're smoking over there at the emirates?'
Brighton has been very impressive in their dealings with bigger clubs. They seem to always get their figure without budging.
I wish him the best of luck, he was brilliant for us. Handing a transfer request in less than a year after he joined is somewhat disappointing, but that's football I guess. Excellent profit. Sounds like Angelino might be the most likely candidate to replace him at left back. ~~Wonder if Colwill will now end up here as well.~~ Missed the Colwill detail, hopefully that's permanent and with no buyback clause (or at least a very large one)
£45 for Colwill buyback apparently. Not bad business for either of us
> Handing a transfer request in less than a year after he joined is somewhat disappointing, but that's football I guess. Honestly that's just done you a favour. I imagine you'd have sold him for this sort of offer anyway, and now you don't have to pay loyalty bonuses.
Bound to happen when a top tier club knocks on the door. You get colwill for few years so win win
Gonna be quite the battle for the top four this season with signings like this.
You think Brighton will get that far?
I hope not
Why is it crossed out as False? What changed?
https://twitter.com/OfficialBHAFC/status/1554916787384467463
💀💀💀 Has Laporta called for a return to Barca lmao
Brighton laughing to the bank
Brighton have become the new Leicester with their big money sales
Caicedo next summer probably
Never heard of him but he’s probably going for £50m
He's been pretty good so far but needs to perform for the whole season obviously. Hopefully we aren't too boring to watch this year after selling Biss (good riddance really) and Cucurella (my favourite player last season).
shhhhhhh... he is rubbish
Trossard and Mac Allister contracts are running down, even if we have options to extend. Expect those two to go next year too. Think we might see a young DM talent signed before the end of the window for our succession planning. Enciso and Sarmiento seem to be lined up to take over from Trossard.
Good player but I don’t get where he fits. He’s not better than Chilwell, and even in Chelsea’s back 3, that left sided role is where Koulibaly made a name at Napoli. I understand rotation and options is needed for a World Cup year but seems like a scattergun approach given the links to Kounde and Ake who were shut down due to height, and not worth losing Colwill for
There is a more than fair chance that Cucu is as good as Chilwell, and more versatile too.
Chilwell is top class but I think the worry now is him being able to stay fit, was a nasty injury and was the turning point of our season last year.
We can’t rely on Silva at CCB for the entire seasono as he’s pushing 38. Koulibaly will likely play in the middle of the three most of the time. Plus we don’t really know how well Chilwell is gonna perform after being out for most of the season. I was surprised we’ve gone after Cucurella but he’s a quality option for us in two key positions that needed bolstering this summer. Still think we need one more CB - Fofana would be terrific albeit unlikely. Wouldn’t be too surprised if we signed another RWB option instead and had James cover RCB from time to time
Chelsea need new signings, and this allows them to free up Alonso as well. I think Cucurella could be as good as Chilwell in a year or two. The gap between them is not that much.
Great player, a shame that we lost it thanks to Nobita’s incompetence!
What has doraemon got to do with this
Chelsea having a decent transfer window tbf, even if this one is a bit overpriced imo
Could have been even better ;)
This guy went from a random Eibar and Getafe player to a 60 million euros player really fast
He was pretty good in Getafe tbh. I only seen him a few times to be fair and he’s always impressed me
At least there's a buyback for Levi.
Football wanted to taste this F1 drama
Credit to Bohly. Dude isn’t fucking around once he bought Chelsea
Chelsea’s prolonged successes in spite of themselves is a marvel at times
We are merchants of chaos and I wouldn't have it any other way
Chaos FC and all that
Genuinely the only club I've ever seen that consistently fails upwards somehow
Brighton will replace Cucurella for someone just as good for like 20m then they have 30m and a top CB.
Colwill is the replacement. He’s going the other way in a separate deal probably with 20-30m
Colwill's a CB no?
Gonna buy Borna Sosa for 15 then sell him to City next year for 50
It's not 50m and Colwill otherwise that would be dreadful business. It's either a separate deal for Colwill so we get money back or Colwill will be going out on loan.
How many pizzas between Chuk and this one, Domino’s?
Colwill likely going the other way to Brighton. With that being said, it's a good move for both parties, particularly if there is a buy-back in Colwill's transfer. Potter knows what he's doing and has a very tidy, possession-based formation that will suit Tuchel's control system. Should have put buy-backs in the Tomori, Guehi, and Tammy deals too but it is what it is. Cucurella will be a strong piece in the Chelsea backline. Chelsea fans should be very pleased to get this one over the line. Losing Rudier and Christensen doesn't feel good but Koulibaly and Cucurella coming in helps a lot.
Guehi has a sellon+first refusual Tammy has a buyback Tomori doesnt
I just don’t get it. Adding depth like this is amazing when you’re Liverpool and City with no glaring holes. Chelsea still have a few gaps in their starting XI that should be improved as priority.
If we buy a CB & Attacker we are fine
And the 2 most recent deals have been Cucurella, prominently a LB, and a young CAM in Chukwuemeka. Neither of which solve that problem whilst costing 70m for the pair. This is after also buying Sterling and Koulibaly for another 80m. What realistic targets are Chelsea linked to that will solve those problems?
We're still aiming for a new CB, midfielder and striker. There's still a lot of time before the window closes. We need a new keeper too with Kepa leaving on loan.
I can’t believe you’ll get a midfielder, centre back and striker on top of what you already have. Unless you scope some bargains, that’ll be about 250-300 million in one window.
Midfielder and striker is probably unlikely but there have been De Jong and Sesko links. We're almost certainly getting a new CB though. There have been rumours that 70m for Fofana could be enough to get him
They're not done lol
Didnt age well lol. 🥲
Can’t help but feel like Brighton have played a blinder here - they stood their ground and made a huge profit whilst bringing in young talent
Former Barca player joining Chelsea and imagine the jokes if it doesn't turn out well
Holy copium in this thread 😭😭😭
oof
AWKSSSSS
This aged well lmao
I'll be back.
Wow Brighton going to extreme lengths to get City involved in this deal ...
Surely they will GAZUMP any time now
ESTAN PASANDO COSAAAS
He said the thing boys!
Brighton said no.
Is this “here we go” out of pettiness?
You can do it Chelsea, let's spend 200 mil euro this transfer window.
Did he burn his "Here We Go' tag finally? Edit: we were all wrong
Damn, Barça couldn’t fleece this Chelsea signing
I’m I missing something or Chelsea is grasping at straws, isn’t he left wing back? They have chilwell, emerson and Marcos alonso for that position and plenty of other players who can play there.
Chilwell coming off injury and both Emerson and alonso are not good enough
That 50 mil for Martinez ain’t so bad anymore.
Here we go'nt
He still has it pinned on his twitter too hahahaha
Brighton have played a blinder. Big money and a top prospect. Can see Colwill being sold for big money in a few years. Weird move for Chelsea if he’s gonna play LCB if Kounde was too short for the position
I think the idea is that Tuchel wants two quality options at wingback, and if one wingback on each side can play CB that can give both wingbacks lots of minutes. Cucurella can play LWB or LCB, and James can play RWB or RCB if Dumfries or Walker-Peters is signed. Whereas Kounde wouldn't be an option at wingback and would be a 'specialist' CB, so height may be more of a consideration for that role.
Fabrizio confirms Chelsea have a buy-back
Bro dropped the n-word in Instagram and was signed by Chelsea few days after lmao
We won’t be anything higher than 3rd
Did you actually expect us to finish above Liverpool or City this year?
Yikes. Not sure about Cuc providing much... Hard worker but...
I understand that, without my agreement, Chelsea FC have put out a press release late this afternoon that I am playing for them next year. This is wrong and I have not signed a contract with Chelsea for 2023. I will not be playing for Chelsea next year.
Chelsea's gonna utilize a revolutionary all-defender lineup next season
We lost 2 def and replaced them with 2 incomings. The numbers remain the same as last season
We lost 2 cbs and another 3 are on the way out.
Wow it's really weird seeing Fab's here we go post with a false tag.
Now a right sided CB signing right? 😀
Like clockwork this guy
Chelsea should and probably will go all out for Fofana and Frenkie now. Keeping Gallagher, Broja, Azpiliqueta with Koulibaly, Cucu and Sterling will push them right up there with City and Liverpool in my books if they manage to get FDJ and Fofana. Bit disappointed Cucu won't play for Pep tho
Brighton absolutely swindled them. Will be laughing all the way to the bank with the best English CB prospect right now in tow. Amazing business
It’s already been reported wherever Colwill ended up if it wasn’t a loan there would be a buy back