I don't get it.
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I don't get it.
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I think the chances of them turning a profit on any of the players they signed, given the prices they paid and the contract lengths, is slim. In fact, in their shoes, I’d be more worried about having to write down the values of a lot of those players.
I think this is a case of Boehly taking a Moneyball type theory and implementing it on steroids. Huge understatement to say he’s a risk-taker. This strategy is very maverick, and if it pays off they’d be in a great position, but it’s looking like a big, expensive failure right now. As far as the big signings are concerned:
Fofana (the first 7-yr deal) - good player, sick note, if Naby were a defender…
Enzo - decent, massively over-priced
Caicedo - same as Enzo, but obviously struggling right now, but that might be because he didn’t get a proper pre-season, we should know by Christmas
Jackson - flatters to deceive, but there’s potential there, given proper coaching
Nkunku - unlucky with injury, jury’s out
Mudryk - meh
Lavia - who knows?
The defenders, other than Cucurella, look OK.
Not a great set of results for the money spent.
You would imagine that in terms of finance, Chelsea won't be worried. The owner doesn't seem overly bothered about throwing money around, and they will either find a way to get around any rules or ignore them with little or no punishment.
The problem will more likely be that the players will want to leave. Hanging around mid table isn't what they were sold.
That said, I wouldn't rule out them picking up as the season goes on. They'll probably still be in and around the European places eventually.
The problem will more likely be that the players will want to leave. Hanging around mid table isn't what they were sold.
That said, I wouldn't rule out them picking up as the season goes on. They'll probably still be in and around the European places eventually.
I think you’re right on the finances side in terms of funding losses and their attitude. If the independent panel comes down heavily on Everton next month (or whenever they deliver their verdict) it will really send shockwaves through the game, and Chelsea will be shitting themselves.
Here’s hoping.
6 games in is nothing for top 4.
City are unbeatable to the title anyway.
I wouldn’t put it past Chelsea to get stronger and stronger and finish top 4 yet.
City are unbeatable to the title anyway.
I wouldn’t put it past Chelsea to get stronger and stronger and finish top 4 yet.
Please, please, PLEASE say it's a dead rubber.
They will get better as it goes on, it's hard to envisage them getting much worse. But they may be too far off the pace by the time that happens. Same happened to us last year, by the time we got our shit together we had a mountain to climb.
Shameless. Utterly shameless.
I'm beginning to doubt that. I didn't realise that the squad (exc. the 2 over 30 players) averages around 22 years old (17 of the 30 players are 19-22). That is ridiculous and if they drop into the relegation ranks, which is very possible at their current rate (their results from the last 35 games would see them relegated), then are these young lads going to be up to it?
Absolutely zero chance of Top 6, they'll struggle to even make it into the top half would be my banker.
Couldn’t be more so. They usually get stringer as the season progresses. Fuck me.
They would need to start improving pretty soon, granted, but teams who finish 5th, 6th are often dropping 50 odd points. Even teams who finish 3rd and 4th are dropping 40 odd points.
Not saying it is by any means a certainty, but I just wouldn't quite write them off yet. If one or two of the teams ahead of them start doing okay in Europe and take their eye off the ball in the league then that's another potential factor.
As I said though, obviously, they'd need to start picking up fairly soon. Hopefully they won't.
Newcastle’s winger Harvey Barnes could be facing months on the sidelines as he awaits a specialist’s verdict on the foot injury he suffered at Sheffield United.
The 25-year-old limped out of Sunday’s 8-0 Premier League demolition job at Bramall Lane after just 12 minutes, and head coach Eddie Howe fears he could miss a significant proportion of the campaign with surgery a possibility.
Asked if Barnes could be out for some time, Howe said: “Yes, we’re fearing it’s going to be. It’s difficult. I don’t want to put a time on it until we get confirmation from the specialist, but I think it will be months rather than weeks.”
The 25-year-old limped out of Sunday’s 8-0 Premier League demolition job at Bramall Lane after just 12 minutes, and head coach Eddie Howe fears he could miss a significant proportion of the campaign with surgery a possibility.
Asked if Barnes could be out for some time, Howe said: “Yes, we’re fearing it’s going to be. It’s difficult. I don’t want to put a time on it until we get confirmation from the specialist, but I think it will be months rather than weeks.”
It’s also an indicator that XG is rubbish,
[article]Sofyan Amrabat could make his first Old Trafford appearance for Manchester United in Tuesday night’s Carabao Cup tie against Crystal Palace following a brief debut off the bench at Burnley, but it’s emerged that the Moroccan was just hours away from becoming a Liverpool player this summer.
Liverpool’s interest in Amrabat is no secret, with Jurgen Klopp said to have phoned the 27-year-old midfielder personally to try and persuade him to move to Anfield from Fiorentina to help fill the gaps left by Jordan Henderson, Fabinho and James Milner.
United Confidential can reveal that Klopp was a whisker away from getting his man until a last-minute hitch held up the deal and Liverpool signed Ryan Gravenberch from Bayern Munich for £34.2million instead.
The problem is believed to have arisen inside the Amrabat camp. Talks were put on hold for 24 hours and it was during this period that Liverpool decided to go back to Gravenberch who, at 21, was viewed as a younger and better fit for Klopp’s needs.
Amrabat is now in the process of changing agents from Stellar to Sports Entertainment Group, who were involved in his move to Old Trafford. United paid a £8.5m loan fee on deadline day to sign the Dutch-born player for the rest of the season with the option to buy him for £21.4m next summer.[/article]
The Guardian reporting that independently wealthy Farhad Moshiri received more than £400m from sanctioned Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov over the same period that he put £700m of funding into Everton.
Presumably that's the going rate for allowing Usmanov to sit in on manager interview panels and get to meet such managerial greats as Frank Lampard. There's nothing to see here lads...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/26/everton-fc-owner-alisher-usmanov-farhad-moshiri
Presumably that's the going rate for allowing Usmanov to sit in on manager interview panels and get to meet such managerial greats as Frank Lampard. There's nothing to see here lads...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/26/everton-fc-owner-alisher-usmanov-farhad-moshiri
All for dissent too I think?
Man I hope they're fucked (Everton). Relegation to fourth tier.
He could start a New York taxi business with those.
