Chelsea rumours 3

04 Aug 2025 12:40:20
So Ugo is off to Burnley and KDH is possibly off to Everton, the SD's are busy bees indeed.

04 Aug 2025 13:20:21
I’m a fan of both players and I think Burnley and Everton will be doing well to sign them.

04 Aug 2025 13:42:23
I never really saw much of Ugo Tom but I agree about KDH, a nice lad who seemed to get better as the season went on but with the talent we have in those midfield areas together with young Reggie coming through the academy I guess a move for him is the right one. Broja also off to Burnley.

04 Aug 2025 14:13:19
RPD, I was singing the praises for his cameos for us the season before last. He looked like a proper disciplined DM. I kept any eye out for when he was towards the end of last season for Southampton and again he looked useful. I hope we have a good sell on clause.

04 Aug 2025 14:50:05
Agree about Lesley Ugochukwu, Tom.

04 Aug 2025 21:23:19
Agree about both though KDH played increasingly important role for us as season went on. If they leave I will wish them all the best except when playing us!

06 Aug 2025 12:06:00
Would add that I thought we needed likes of such players who are uncomplaimng squad members to give us depth with at least 50 games and oerhaos as many as 60 to play this season. Will be inteeresting to see how many are in our squad come end if this window and whether all will be ok with not being regular first team first choices.

03 Aug 2025 09:34:27
Jackson to link up again with Emery at Villa. We want £80 million.

03 Aug 2025 12:05:52
Greenaway,

I would sooner take Rogers.

03 Aug 2025 12:12:01
I love all these rumours.

I wouldn’t sell Jackson for anything less than £90m.

03 Aug 2025 19:45:53
Tom, I’d sell him for £45 million.

03 Aug 2025 20:09:45
Jimbo, if we do sell him I guess you might be happy then!

03 Aug 2025 22:22:08
90m would be massive but these SD's could get 100 im sure, our SD's could sell water to a fish lol.

04 Aug 2025 04:02:09
Let me make it clear my £90m figure was tongue in cheek. I wouldn’t sell Jackson unless we were getting Sesko.

04 Aug 2025 06:50:10
But could not sell Veiga to Athletico Madrid.

Perhaps they should become fishmongers instead.

04 Aug 2025 08:34:13
Tom, I don’t know what Maresca’s plans are for the No 9 slot but Jackson could end up on the bench he won’t like and he is a sulker. He is not a top class striker and he we got a lot of money for him- all well and good, we need to make sales and I certainly wouldn’t miss him.

04 Aug 2025 09:19:51
Well I certainly wouldn’t want Jackson or any other player being happy sitting on the bench.

In my opinion if we can’t get Sesko or maybe Roger’s then don’t sell Jackson.

04 Aug 2025 09:22:11
Bill, I’m not sure what happens with the rumoured transfer of Veiga to AM but I still think there will be other interested clubs in him. The one that’s gone very quite is any sale of Disasi. I think he will be much harder to move on!

04 Aug 2025 09:57:30
The pressing question – is GoldStandard King Frank?

04 Aug 2025 11:01:07
My guess is not but who knows! I’m happy he referred to me as “Mr Tom” in one post.

04 Aug 2025 11:31:31
I'm guessing it's the original Standard.

04 Aug 2025 11:41:34
U wouldn't sell Jackson yet. I see another salah, debrune case with Jackson.

04 Aug 2025 11:55:23
Cfc, I definitely don’t think it’s “Standard. ”.

04 Aug 2025 12:39:04
King Frank trolling the pages in one of his many guises or Standard? I think Edw might be right on this one.

04 Aug 2025 13:33:30
Whoever it is, it doesn't read anything like Standard.

04 Aug 2025 18:22:43
dont see it with jackson- think he's comfortably behind pedro and delap- if a decent offer comes in id drop him off myself, we need to trim down the squad big time. i just pray we don't sign garnarcho and undo the good work of the window so far.

02 Aug 2025 09:26:58
Broja off for £25 million. All pure profit as a homegrown as well. The transfer fees this summer are at a record high.

{Ed001's Note - that's not how profit works. It is not about homegrown status mate. It is about whether you have an outstanding fees to pay out on them from signing them initially and potential sell-on clauses etc. He is close to pure profit but not entirely pure profit. For starters there really is no such thing as (unless the player hands in a written transfer request) 5% of the transfer fee goes to the player. Then there is another 5% which is split between the teams that the player was with in youth football, a thank you for developing a youth system and to keep teams wanting to have an academy. That will mean you have to split some of that 5% with Spurs.}

02 Aug 2025 10:50:51
Still ed i think (my opinion) that £25 mill for a player that has been injured for nearly 2 years is another great deal from our club. I assume there will be a sell on fee included as there has been with most players we have sold.

{Ed001's Note - it is an amazing price, he has never looked good enough even when fit.}

02 Aug 2025 11:57:41
Thankyou for explaining that ED01.
As you say, an unbelievable good deal by the club and just highlights what huge fees are being generated.

{Ed001's Note - very welcome.}

04 Aug 2025 08:07:39
Must admit we now sell players for good prices which was the case before now. It's a positive one from the board.

30 Jul 2025 21:48:33
I always say I love the transfer rumours but generally hate the transfer fact.

A mate tells me Villa and Newcastle have both indicated a willingness to pay £60m for Jackson but we have said to both clubs that we will only consider bids over £90m.

It's all bonkers, stuff and nonsense.

01 Aug 2025 18:31:31
Transfer window is always bonkers. If a club offered £60 million for Jackson I’d bite their hands off.

01 Aug 2025 18:55:42
What an amazing transfer he was. 90m will be 60m in profit. I thought some on here was saying he was a 'donkey' and 'couldn't hit a barn door with a banjo' whatever that means. Another clever transfer from the SD's.

01 Aug 2025 20:19:20
Funnily enough it was your namesake that called him a donkey. Standard.

I would love to know if the eds could tell us if your the same person.

27 Jul 2025 09:13:22
There were differing opinions on here as to the value of the transfer market this window, some thought the fees would be high, others thought they would be low. Not a case of 'being proved right' or being 'proved wrong'.
The latest rumour is João Félix going to Al Nassr for €50 million which gets us out of a sticky situation if true.

27 Jul 2025 09:37:55
Greenaway, I believed that a few premiership teams would be spending big money this year as they looked to rebuild for the future and rebuild because of a disastrous season. We will probably see the uk transfer fee broken twice in this window and we have about another five weeks to go before it ends.

I must admit I also believed that Real, Bayern and maybe one or two other supposed European giants would have also been involved in the scramble but they haven’t really spent “big money” so far.

On another note, I think Felix will end up at Benfica but who knows in this crazy market.

27 Jul 2025 09:59:16
If the deal goes through surely it has to go down as a great bit of buisness.

If we can find a buyer for nkunku, veiga and kdh now.

27 Jul 2025 10:03:55
Anyway benfica are a strangle club. I think i read they have the most income from player sales. But they never have the money to buy a player.

Only wanted to buy 50% of felix.

27 Jul 2025 10:38:59
Blueblood, the last time I looked at the average price of a league season ticket at Benfica it was an about £200. Maybe, because they want fans to be able to afford watching live games at there stadium they have got as much money as others to spend in players.

I would suggest that a few of the Portuguese clubs act more like introducing clubs for South America players coming to Europe. Im not an experbht that seem like a good BP to me.

Any Veiga sale is a mystery to me as he looked like perfect cover for Cucarella and Colwill but I have no idea if the player was demanding more playing time.
If KDH leaves for me it will also be a shame because for me he improved throughout the season and was beginning to show his worth. The problem is we are now so strong in midfield that he wouldn’t have got many games. Apparently Fulham and maybe West Ham are looking to sign him.
I assume Nkunku will be sold. I will be sad about selling him because I’m not sure we got the best out of him and injuries didn’t help. He could be a player we regret saying goodbye to.

27 Jul 2025 12:10:07
I agree slightly about nkunku. I was looking forward for him when he signed unfortunately just another player that doesn't suit premier league I think.
Was great in some of the European games.

27 Jul 2025 12:30:46
I totally agree that if we sell JF for £40mil, that is great business by the SD's.

I would say it's not just Portuguese teams that try and low ball us, over the years, Italian clubs have nade an art of screwing us over and I'm glad we pulled away from the potential AM Veiga deal. Like Tom, I hope we keep him.

27 Jul 2025 13:07:29
Bill, this is just me guessing but the Veiga loan was strange when he was the only cover for our LB and BB was injured. It seemed to me as if something had gone on, it could be that the player just wants to play more but it also seems odd that we are potentially signing Hato for what appears to be the same reasons we signed Veiga.

Just for the avoidance of doubt, I rate Hato far higher than Veiga and I can see Colwill going into the centre of a three.

27 Jul 2025 18:06:54
I tend to agree about Nkunku, I think his time is up at Chelsea but I feel he never got a decent run of games. As for Felix, if we get the reported fee I will be happy but it’s more luck than judgement by the SDs, that a player of his age would go to Saudi. It’s like finding out your best mate is being released from prison but you wonder how he got there in the first place.

27 Jul 2025 22:18:35
Tom, Veiga was indeed signed as cover for Cucu and also as a holding midfielder. The problem came about when his national team manager, that totally inept Roberto Martinez told him to convert to a centre back in order to solve an issue for the national team. Veiga then confronted Maresca who is not a man to mess about with and demanded a starting slot on the left side of our centre backs. Maresca told him, quite rightly, that he was not in his plans to replace Levi and needed to knuckle down, train hard and see what happens. Veiga, backed and encouraged by Martinez then requested a move. The rest is history. I hope this helps you understand the situation mate.

28 Jul 2025 05:03:03
Greenaway, as I said I guessed he wanted to play more but I had no idea about any “actual” falling out with the manager.

He may well have got a chance had he been around when the form of LC dropped off earlier this year.

28 Jul 2025 07:23:58
Never liked Martin's, always anti CFC.

28 Jul 2025 09:13:10
Spot on Greenaway that problem was that Veiga did not want to play LB or LWB only CB. It is a pity cos he looked very good and composed on tne ball and could indeed have been excellent cover for Cucurella but also a back up CB if ever needed there eg in formation change mid-game.

28 Jul 2025 14:51:14
JBS, that is 100% correct. Martinez is a snake and caused this issue. Will turn a nice 20 or 30 million profit though so all good if we get young Hato.
Rumours now picking up that Newcastle want to pay £65 million for Jackson but we want £80 million.

28 Jul 2025 15:31:08
I personally wouldn’t sell him for less than £100m. They are going to get £150m for Isak.

Mind you if they get Jackson maybe that leaves the door open for Sesko. ?.

28 Jul 2025 18:15:15
They want both Tom.

28 Jul 2025 19:08:03
Bill, you keep in bursting my Sesko bubble?.

29 Jul 2025 16:17:41
Sorry Tom

I think if we wanted Sesko we would have already have gone after him.

29 Jul 2025 18:04:22
Bill, it might depend on if a club comes in with a big offer for Jackson.

23 Jul 2025 11:38:31
There's been rumours of xavi simons to us and also Morgan Rodgers. Really don't understand what is happening and if they are actually needed.

22 Jul 2025 07:08:43
We have supposedly stepped up our interest in Xavi Simmons.

I rate this lad as a player. Quick, likes to take defenders on and can go both ways. Also, can play in midfield.

I think it will take him a bit of time to adapt to the physicality of the premiership but that can be easily worked on if he has the right mindset.

22 Jul 2025 20:09:38
If we buy Simmons and the centre back/ left back cover Jorrel Hato we are all set Tom unless a top top keeper becomes available.

22 Jul 2025 21:01:52
Greenaway, I have to say Hato does look like a special talent.

21 Jul 2025 21:32:29
Great to see our club finally get serious about our assets. Jackson, £80 to £100 million or he stays. Veiga bought for £12 million and off for nearly £40 million. We turned down offers of £40 million a year for FOS sponsorship because we want far more than that and 12 major companies are battling hard to grab that chance to sponsor the Club World Champions. These new owners are no pushovers and I admire that.

21 Jul 2025 15:40:13
This is the transfer world we live in. A mate told me that West Ham, Everton and Leeds have asked about various Chelsea players being available on loan. All with an option to buy but no obligation.

21 Jul 2025 16:33:10
We can say no Tom, let them go begging elsewhere.

21 Jul 2025 20:23:21
That would be nice Bill but let’s hope it’s not us begging towards the end of this window.

22 Jul 2025 08:44:54
Tom

Let's start selling Chilly or Sterling before secret players go who in essence could do a job for us.

22 Jul 2025 12:19:26
Bill, who is the mystery champions league club interested in Sterling? I can’t see it myself.

I thought Utd would come in and try to loan Chilly. He would be good in there managers preferred system.

23 Jul 2025 07:48:56
Not a clue about Sterling Tom unless it is Galatasary. Chilly will be another loan deal that is if one is available to him. The same with Chuka, I'm afraid. JF, what a financial disaster that one was, probably going to Benfica for half the fee we paid for him.

23 Jul 2025 13:15:32
Bill. Some will work out well and some not so well. It’s always the same.

Maybe the club will be selling Tosin instead of Chalaboa. The Happy Hammers seem very keen.

19 Jul 2025 23:20:19
Apparently Marc Guiu going out on loan. He was unlucky with the timing of his injury last season. He would surely have got plenty of game time when Jackson got injured.

Was starting to show he had the right attitude for the premiership and he works so hard on the press.

Hope his loan works out well.

18 Jul 2025 10:17:38
Sum rumours emerging that Real Madrid want Enzo Fernandez and are preparing a €150 million bid. I hope it is media B/ S as he is becoming integral to how this young side is developing, a leader as well.

18 Jul 2025 11:10:12
RPD, I would be disappointed if he left but if RM come knocking it’s hard for a player to turn down, particularly an Argentinian player.

I guess jt might also depend on how the club see some of the youngsters developing and how they performed in training for the CWC.

18 Jul 2025 12:30:01
If he does go Tom, it must be much more than €150mil, maybe 175mil sterling.

20 Jul 2025 19:35:37
its one benefit to having such long contracts . madrid can't do their usual dodgy tricks of convincing players to run down contracts.

21 Jul 2025 06:54:26
Contracts longer than five years run down to zero as well.

21 Jul 2025 14:43:36
ever the one to try and get a dig in . well aware of that but longer contracts kick the can further down the road. not everything needs a smart response pal.

21 Jul 2025 21:16:30
It’s not smart it’s just factual and yes it does potentially kick the can down the road.