25 Jun 2023 14:49:57
Portuguese media, €75m chelsea for costa, paid over 3 instalments

Great keeper, for the fee I like maignan, for bit less onana but might not be true, seems to have gone unreported over here.

1.) 25 Jun 2023
25 Jun 2023 19:56:52
Matt, not sure if we can stretch to a keeper but from reports he is top class and is excellent on the ball.

2.) 26 Jun 2023
26 Jun 2023 06:35:32
Both Maignan and Costa would be upgrades, hence their price, but, as you rightly point out Jimbo, finances may come into it. Onana, for me, is only a Mendy slight upgrade, so no, not really for the money quoted.
Where we are in a better situation is, if we can't afford/ sign a Costa/ Maignan upgrade we can live with Kepa as no1 for next season ( like most I wanted him gone after his petulance under Sarrri) but he has taken his opportunity with Mendy's injury, and redeemed himself to a point. He has matured and has shown leadership qualities this season in difficult circumstances. Luckily we have Slonina as a fallback (hopefully our future in a year or two) so if we sign a Maignan or Costa now we can loan to a championship (or hopefully PL side) and if all else fails Kepa as no 1 with Slonina playing Cup games and putting pressure on.
Win win really!
So much could change under Poch!

3.) 26 Jun 2023
26 Jun 2023 07:10:47
Kiwi, that’s virtually exactly how I see it. I just don’t see GK being a massive priority in this window.

4.) 26 Jun 2023
26 Jun 2023 10:43:00
Of the, ST DM GK that I think we all agreed we’re spurs we needed to address, gk was bottom of this and that was before havertz and kov were thought he be leaving + possibly mount ( sort of think we might offer one last deal ) so now there’s dm and cm to address.

5.) 26 Jun 2023
26 Jun 2023 15:23:39
I don't understand the sympathy for kepa. Imo he never proved anything last season as you claimed. Many of his shortcomings were passed on to the on field players because we had a terrible season. I'm not even confident with kepa as our back up. remove your biased tinted glasses and you will realise that Chelsea will be illprepared for the season with kepa as our first choice keeper for the next season. He's simply not good enough for Chelsea except you underestimate the impact of a wonderful goalkeeper to the team. A very good goalkeeper has similar effect like a 30 goals a season striker. I feel sterling and auba like wages is a factor he's not been able to sell him.
It will be self denial to go into the season with kepa as 1t choice keeper.

6.) 27 Jun 2023
27 Jun 2023 08:34:40
Just a question of priorities for some fans!

As things stand I also think most fans would want an upgrade on our goalkeepers at some stage.

7.) 28 Jun 2023
28 Jun 2023 07:51:12
I understand your opinion ilo, but I'm certainly not looking thru "tinted nor biased" glasses, rather thru my "realistic" glasses. The priorities (and rightly so, imo) are Caciedo (at around 80 mill) and another DM according to Ed002 ( unfortunately we missed Ugarte) so that means Lavia or Kone (both 40+) . These purchases allow Enzo to play further fwd with more creative intent. We also have Santos to integrate into the squad. Then, we all know, we actually need and are targeting, a CF. Think Vlahovic at Fiorentina (which matches Pochs attacking style) rather than at Juve (defensive) could be perfect. Hopefully the club may be able to do a player plus cash deal (Lukaku) but will still cost us. Jackson coming in, Broja still there ( one of those 2 I feel will be loaned) .
So, as Tom and Matt mentioned above, after a big spend, we must, like every other club, adhere to FFP rules, so a new keeper may go on the back burner and we have options available.
To correct you Kepa is on just over half of Sterlings weekly wage.
As Tom stated above most fans would like to upgrade our keeper/ s, but, we may already have that upgrade in place in another year in Slonina at a cost of 11m and under Poch's new GK coach maybe Kepa improves next season.
We all as Chelsea fans have our own opinions and agenda's in regards to players in and out and how it should or shouldn't happen, how we should or shouldn't play, but it's always good to hear others opinions and their reasons for those opinions.