Chelsea

[danperkins]

Chelsea expect to wrap up Olise too

[frank the tank]

Olise talking to them now as well ha ha

[Irishnev]

What’s the term….. you might as well be done for a goose as a gosling! They don’t give a flying ****

http://x.com/david_ornstein/status/1691450268205150209

[Buzzo]

Chelsea fans better get used to seeing this team for the next decade. Loads of players on big wages and long contracts does not a happy dressing room make.

Mudryk looks absolutely wank and he’s got 7 years left.

[Mark79]

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[Irishnev]

You’d have thought they couldn’t get worse than under Abramhovic, I guess we were wrong. Utter scum

[Le Chef]

Little interesting fact on the 8 year contracts, they are fixing their wage bill for the next 6 plus years, there is no need to offer new deals to stave off interest, its like. a Mafiaosa, once you are in, you are in.... its certainly interesting

[Kenneth]

In theory, maybe, but players and agents are going to disagree.

[red g]

Little interesting fact on the 8 year contracts, they are fixing their wage bill for the next 6 plus years, there is no need to offer new deals to stave off interest, its like. a Mafiaosa, once you are in, you are in.... its certainly interesting

no wage increaase fpr any of them for the next 6 years?

are they not going to be pissed off in a couple of years when the new breed coming in are earnign 500k+ a week?

[Norbs]

Player contracts are heavily weighted in favour of the player, clubs are always in a weakened position

[frank the tank]

Hopefully they end up with a team of winston bogardes who have all retired in their heads as soon as the contract is signed

[Cormack74]

£30m for an 18 year old with 12 appearances. Then again Newcastle are properly minted so who knows.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2023/08/16/lewis-hall-chelsea-newcastle-30-million/

Chelsea have put teenager Lewis Hall up for sale but are asking for around £30 million amid interest from Newcastle United.

The club’s unprecedented spending on fees over the last three transfer windows – Chelsea have spent in excess of £900 million and have broken the British transfer record twice in eight months – has brought pressure to generate sales.

Academy graduates from the Cobham system at the club’s training ground in Surrey, so prodigious in recent years in developing first-team ready and saleable assets, are expected to make up some of that deficit. They represent pure profit in financial fair play consideration – the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules – that the club will have to submit to the league.

Hall, 18, agreed a new contract this summer until 2030 and the original intention had been for him to go on loan, with Crystal Palace at the forefront of those interested. He may yet be loaned if a suitable fee is not achieved, but is now also up for sale.

A left-footer, Hall began his senior career at left-back, although he can also operate in midfield, which is where he is expected to settle as his career progresses. He played as a midfielder in junior football. He made his debut against Newcastle last November under Graham Potter and Palace were keen on him as cover for Tyrick Mitchell, who is currently out injured.

Hall made 12 first-team appearances last term and was the Chelsea academy player of the year for 2023. He will be part of the next cycle of England Under-21s, having made his debut at that age group before this summer’s successful European Championships.

He is popular among the Chelsea fans, who recognise his promise as well as his commitment in making a breakthr

[Kenneth]

Saudi money protecting Saudi money innit.

[baitman]

Saudi money protecting Saudi money innit.

They have really infiltrated and gained a significant level of control.
Not only buying teams directly or through shell companies, but also destabilising main competitors (LFC) by removing some key players and also trying to turn a few other heads.
The thin end of the death of football as we once knew it.

[Irishnev]

Saudi money protecting Saudi money innit.

Beat me to the punch - ridiculous price