Transfers (General)

[spud_gun]

Dembele, Coutinho and Pogba surely the main ones - huge outlay and nothing in return

They all lasted more than 1 season at their respective clubs and attempted to make a go of it.

Lukaku downed tools after 4 months

[Doc_Piptorious]

Watch him suddenly become motivated once back in an Inter shirt and Chelsea heads exploding.

[spud_gun]

lets hope so

[danperkins]

Massive flop - £10m fee + wages covered

Don't think he has been a flop, I would say it's more like just a terrible transfer. When a club spends a fortune on a player that the manager system clearly isn't suited to & who has no faith in the player, it's a disaster. After that argument back at the start of January, Lukaku was on borrowed time at Chelsea and he stopped trying. Seemed like a real toxic relationship between him and Tuchel who generally seems like a spikey, arrogant ****** anyways. When played correctly, Lukaku is a beast.

[danperkins]

Watch him suddenly become motivated once back in an Inter shirt and Chelsea heads exploding.

this

[spud_gun]

Don't think he has been a flop, I would say it's more like just a terrible transfer.

Can you define a flop and then define a terrible transfer?

[Norbs]

The Athletic has reported that Raheem Sterling has been enquiring about what it's like to live in West London, amid speculation Chelsea are interest in him. Not sure if it's a bit of a wind up considering he come from West London

[Fivex]

He was a professional footballer before he could drive - not sure if he ever had the chance to check out the club scene when he lived there

[danperkins]

Can you define a flop and then define a terrible transfer?

I'll give it a bash, imo a flop is a signing that gets ample mins, in a system and under a manager he is suited to but things just don't work out. A terrible signing, is a signing that absolutely does not suit the system (Rom up top on his own ) and one in which the manager has no faith in the player in that system. Lukaku played similar mins to Naby which is about 50% ish, after those comments which I thought were tame, he was done at Chelsea.

[Norbs]

He was a professional footballer before he could drive - not sure if he ever had the chance to check out the club scene when he lived there

You'd have thought he mightve gone back to see his Mum once in a while though

[ChesterDave]

You'd have thought he mightve gone back to see his Mum once in a while though

Mail Exclusive: Lovely Phil Foden regularly makes time to visit his mum
Mail Exclusive: Lazy Raheem takes more time away from training to go back to London

etc.

[Scratch]

Kalvin Phillips to Leeds? Not really the calibre of player I thought I'd see City go for?

[Tribute]

Kalvin Phillips to Leeds? Not really the calibre of player I thought I'd see City go for?

Part of their 'mopping-up mediocre teams' best English players' strategy... like Grealish last season. Carabao starting 11 is going to be mightily impressive

[Bender]

Kalvin Phillips to Leeds? Not really the calibre of player I thought I'd see City go for?

Another career down the toilet! Anybody remember Nathan Ake for £50 million
at City

[Doc_Piptorious]

Another career down the toilet! Anybody remember Nathan Ake for £50 million
at City

Soon to be Nathan Ake of Chelsea with another massive price tag if rumours are correct.