09 Jul 2026 08:35:43
I know we in a World Cup year and it's still very early in the window and I shouldn't get my knickers in a twist, but I am disappointed that there seems to be virtually no mention of Badiashile, Tosin or Disasi sales. I'm only a fan giving my personal views but I would rather sell the likes of above plus Gusto than Santos or Chalaboa who in my opinion add something to the squad.
I guess these things have to be dealt with as they occur. Us fans are rarely, if ever, happy with transfer window outcomes.
09 Jul 2026 09:14:07
I wonder who is calling the shots on transfers. I thought it was Alonso, but it can't be, as he would not have had time to run the rule over Santos. Still, we have sick note Lavia.
09 Jul 2026 09:15:01
For what it's worth, this is my understanding of the CB outgoings...
West Ham are still trying to convince Disasi to sign with them. He's waiting on EPL interest, likes West Ham, but doesn't want to drop down to the Championship. I see him at Leeds or maybe Palace.
Chelsea are happy for Tosin to stay. He is the preferred option out of the backup CBs, owing to his leadership and ability to pass out from the back.
The club would be happy for Chalobah to stay, but he wants to start. The 'pure profit' makes a sale acceptable. He's waiting to see if Inter push through an agreeable deal, but they need to sell first. Como is his plan B.
Badiashille? We'll need to lower the asking price. I think, at best, it'll be a loan with an option.
If I'm a DoF somewhere, I'm not chucking any sum of my budget his way.
The club would love to sell Fofana, but his high wages and injury record make a deal near impossible. Now they're riding that they're happy for him to stay, but they don't have much choice beyond a loan and paying a significant percent of his wages.
As for Andrey Santos, £50m for a third, maybe fourth choice CM, is acceptable for me. I do think he's a good player, but he'd been sounding the club out that he wants to leave for regular starts since February. He thinks he'll get that at United, but I'm not sure. He wanted to go; the club didn't stand in his way when an acceptable offer was made.
09 Jul 2026 13:49:18
How many games will Lavia complete for us this season? Selling Santos looks like a very big mistake unless we are bringing in someone just as good or better at DM. This window is key to whether we can make top 4 again, let alone challenge for the title. So far, we have sold two of our most consistent performers, and in Santos someone who could become a huge star. If we sell Enzo F, all suspicions that BlueCo have turned us into a bottom-line trading company rather than wanting us to be a force again look persuasive, even if BlueCo would always argue that they want to achieve both.
Despite the fact that after 4 seasons of trying, we are in danger of just falling further behind our main rivals of recent times. Selling Santos to United, when they sold us Garnacho, could be a symbol of this!
09 Jul 2026 16:29:55
Forget Lavia. We couldn't sell him if we wanted to; his injury record makes him an unsellable asset. We're bringing in Barco, who I rate higher than Santos, certainly better from a progressive passing point of view. I suspect we will bring in another midfielder, whether Fernandez leaves or not.
Again, Santos wanted to leave - he made that clear for months. If a player wants to leave and a club meets their price, we should sell that player. That goes for Fernandez too, and anyone else in the squad.
09 Jul 2026 21:56:29
Well said, J. Santos wanted to leave Chelsea FC. I don't understand why any fan would want him to stay when he wants out. It is no different to managers, is it? Some fans wanted Maresca out when he wanted to leave, but want Santos to stay when Santos wants to leave.
10 Jul 2026 09:44:46
Maresca was on the phone with City and had all the 'game time' he could possibly want as coach/manager at CFC. Santos was given comparatively very little at CFC despite performing v well for us when he did, and yet wasn't seen - wrongly, in my opinion - as the obvious alternative future option to ever-injured Lavia.
OK, it may be that Barco proves to be better.
But he certainly did not do as well at Strasbourg as Santos had done, and Barco doing well at Strasbourg does not mean he will necessarily adapt well to EPL. We just have to hope he can and will, and there is certainly something about Barco to like and be hopeful about, though his last back-third decision-making not yet v sharp?
10 Jul 2026 11:11:58
Sorry, just meant final third of course, plus his long passing is a bit inaccurate -- but he spots and tries some good passes at times in and around the box, and if he improves on accuracy, could be a considerable asset.