Norwich would be an ideal loan for him. their starting DM Skipp is also returning to Spurs. Norwich want to buy him but Spurs might not be open to that. Another loan might be in the cards but Billy might be able to come in and take that role for himself and Spurs pussy foot around.
City closing in for Grealish for 100m. That's a bit insane. He's a good player and may fit in well at City, but wow. No thanks.
Good news they’ll have cash and might be willing to buy Barkley. If we can land even just 10-15 million for him and clear his wages then it’s a win. Wouldn’t touch Grelish at that price and crazy enough the reports are saying they’ll still stump up the money for Kane.
I don’t understand the obsession with Grealish over Sterling. If they buy him and we sell CHO like rumored, might as well put in a bid for Sterling. Change of scenes would do him good.
Grimly Grealish. don't like him and don't think that he is that good. Villa will use the money to buy Tammy. Sterling would be an interesting purchase. But he really dislikes Chelsea. City would be silly to sell him. I also read a rumour that Pep wants to sign Reece James.
Watching some Reece James highlights, I'm glad we won't be getting Hakimi. This is our right back or RWB for the next decade.
I’m not going to pretend Sterling isn’t good, but he misses a lot of open goals (we already have one of those) and he’s one of my least favorite players. Always looking for a call and always got that look on his face because he’s pissed at something he thought his teammate should have done. He and Grealish would be real hard to root for.
Tammy to Villa . . . Maybe. I believe that they are certainly interested in Tammy A. They have passed on Ross B. Tammy to Villa for £40m is the talk in the Sunday Papers. Striker go-round. Liverpool have enquired about the availability of Kylian Mbappe and Bayern Munich see Romelu Lukaku as the long-term replacement for Robert Lewandowski. Apparently. allegedly. Citeh want to keep Sterling and add Kane. Sancho is going to join Man Utd one day. Patson Daka, 22, says he is on his way to Leicester City, as the New Vardy Man. . . .AND According to some in the meeja. . . .Erling Haaland has agreed personal terms with Chelsea and the price might be £112m deal. Or alternatively its all bullshit.
Bayern apparently dropping interest in CHO and want to keep Coman but, Liverpool are supposedly after Coman... so, this brings up the question: What is your price for CHO? Young, talented, home-grown, but not looking likely to get his chance here any time soon. The type of player you hate to lose, but 'everything is for sale' as they say. If Bayern or someone else offered 60-70, would be hard to say no IMO
The price was 40 last time - don't think it would have gone up given how little he has featured. But at 20 years old? Man.. it's crazy how these KIDS need to start or get sold. Makes sense but yeesh..his "real" value could be closer to 100 mil after one good season with us or with someone else so I have no idea. Gun to my head and a 40 mil offer right now? I say yes, take it. It was a "******** no" last time but we're a lot more stacked in attack now than we were.
CHO is an enigma. The club gave him a big salary. So much talent. On the verge of the Chelsea and England squad. Tuchel played him from the beginning. And then. . . somehow he was not being played as much. He is a proper winger. We don’t have many in our squad. Maybe he is the only proper winger we have? I would be happy if we kept him tbh. IF Bayern are so keen on having him, what does that tell you? Hopefully the Mighty Tuchel is not committed to playing five at the back forever. Yes, it has worked out well for us, but to get to the next level we need to be open to playing other formations. And when we do, a fast young winger would be just the thing.
Talk is Chelsea are committed to a 3 back system going forward. Hierarchy likes the idea of a set constant so they go after the same type of players then plug in new coaches that coach that style as needed.
Surely that would be foolish? A set constant is not what football teams are about? the ability to adapt is often the key to evoloution non? I doubt that the hierarchy would do that tbh. I mean, Tuchel might be committed to 3 CB's but historically he has played many other formations.
The Daily Haaland. Spanish outlet Marca say Real Madrid have made either Erling Haaland or Kylian Mbappe their priority and are willing to chunk up to £112m for him. They cannot really afford them both.
Not really actually makes a lot of sense. Several teams around Europe have been doing this for years. Means we don’t have to turnover our squad with a new coach who has a new completely different approach. People like to think football is significantly different but it’s really not. Things go in and out of trends but the general stuff is similar. You can play a formation and play it different stylistically but still need specific personnel for the most part. Keeping the general formation doesn’t mean you can’t play a specific game differently or shift mid game. Just means the baseline. Think of how easy it’s been to switch back to the 3 backline since Conte came in and got a lot of players acclimated to it. Both Frank and Tuchel fell back on it. Also makes sense from a buying personnel standpoint for the board. Players cost stupid money. Don’t need to go out and spend on a player that fits one system and might not fit the new managers system the following year.
Clubs do not appoint coaches to match the system the previous coach played. Chelsea do not do this. There is no hierarchy at Chelsea that does this.
Chelsea don’t do this but there’s talk they want to committee to the 3 backline as a their base. Clubs absolutely have identities and styles that stay the same at the core levels with small tweaks by the incoming manager. Ajax, Red Bull, Juve, Bayern, Barca all come to mind as teams that have/are doing this exact thing. The core idea is the same. New managers come in and make small adjustments but mostly remain true to their style. This absolutely fits Chelsea who turn over Mgr’s left and right. Plug and play the coach for a new voice and small tweaks. The talent and identity remain more constant.
Commitment to the same system would be death imo. Football these days is about adapt and survive. If the opponent knows what is coming they can plan against it and get results. The reason managers go from hero to zero is usually not that they've declined, they've just been sussed. Chelsea more than any club have benefitted from regular changes in managers and the associated tactics. Having said that I do think there are major upsides to having the youth and reserve teams operating the same formations as the first team as players are able to more quickly adapt when called into the squad. I like fluidity when it comes to tactics. Mix it up and make it harder to plan for. And be prepared to change if the match plays out differently.
Eh, hasn’t slowed Pep’s league dominance. Talent will generally win out. General concepts of counter pressing, highline or deep line, build out of back, park the bus will mostly remain unchanged. Absolutely tweak the game plan but fiddle around too much and well Pep in Europe. The game isn’t as complicated as people like to talk about. At the end of the day most of these teams already know what the other will want to do. It’s about executing the plan. There are def pro’s and con’s to this (if true, mind you just operating on rumblings/speculation, sadly I don’t have a direct line to the board). I’d lean towards this from a business model sense. It’s also important in recruitment. Guess time will tell. What actually happens.