Chelsea

[SB]

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[Angryred]

Brilliant!!

[Buzzo]

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[danperkins]

Neto is quality and had massive potential but his injury record is a real worry.

[Mark79]

**** club.

Boehly's a clown.


More midtable failure for them this season I hope.

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[Sus]

Completely passed me by that Lukaku was still contracted to Chelsea

[John Barnes]

Neto is quality and had massive potential but his injury record is a real worry.

will fail at chelsea

[peterbread]

Chelsea and Atlético Madrid are now discussing João Félix to #CFC as part of Gallagher deal! Samu Omorodion deal collapsing and the two clubs don’t want Gallagher and Julián Álvarez deals to collapse too… João Félix, being discussed with Jorge Mendes in London.

[Cerbie]

They said on the radio Neto is a 7 year contract. PL and UEFA only allow 5 year amortisation, so where’s the value for Chelsea in handing out a 7 year deal to a player made of biscuits?

[dom9]

They said on the radio Neto is a 7 year contract. PL and UEFA only allow 5 year amortisation, so where’s the value for Chelsea in handing out a 7 year deal to a player made of biscuits?

Eases future cash flow I guess.

[Cerbie]

Eases future cash flow I guess.

Unless the deal is financed over that timeframe, it isn’t going to impact cash flow is it?

[dom9]

Unless the deal is financed over that timeframe, it isn’t going to impact cash flow is it?

I assumed it would be, but I dunno.

[BG1973]

They said on the radio Neto is a 7 year contract. PL and UEFA only allow 5 year amortisation, so where’s the value for Chelsea in handing out a 7 year deal to a player made of biscuits?

A benefit of longer contracts mean more time before in danger of losing players below market value e.g when only 12 months left on contracts.

Overall good if they do well.. not if they don't.

[SB]

New Manager but same old Chelsea

New faces but same old Chelsea?

Chelsea's pre-season campaign has presumably left Enzo Maresca with more questions than answers. As the new boss attempts to organise his bloated squad into something coherent, or at least recognisable, new additions continue to land on his doorstep.

Pedro Neto, introduced during Chelsea's 1-1 draw with Inter, is the club's latest arrival, and 10th recruit of the summer window - 11th if you include Maresca himself.

As for the football, it feels muddled. The Italian has an obvious style - evident when Leicester won the Championship title last term - but that style, or identity, is yet to translate at Chelsea.

The Blues conceded 13 goals across six games during pre-season. Of those six, they managed just one win, and that was against Mexican team Club America. Maresca's side are, at best, defensively naive - at worst, completely chaotic. Not what you want when Manchester City are the first visitors to town on opening weekend.

Danyal Khan gives his verdict on Chelsea's draw with Inter at Stamford Bridge asking if Enzo Maresca needs to find a clinical striker before the window shuts.
The manager has already been forced to defend his persistence with a high line, which has landed Chelsea in all sorts of trouble during a messy pre-season. Defensive errors saw them concede twice against Wrexham, four times against Celtic, before shipping another four to Man City - ominous given the way the fixture list has fallen.

Maresca simply has more players than he knows what to do with - 41 are listed on Chelsea's website. Just where all these individuals - a term used deliberately - fit is surely Maresca's foremost and greatest challenge, and that's before a competitive ball is even kicked.

Pre-season results

July 24: Chelsea 2-2 Wrexham; July 27: Chelsea 1-4 Celtic; July 31: Chelsea 0-3 Club America; August 3: Chelsea 2-4 Man City; August 6: Chelsea 1-2 Real Madrid; August 11: Chelsea 1-1 Inter Milan