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25 Jan 2026 19:02:06
Hmmm, Anselmino recall probably points towards any deal for Jacquet being for the summer. Be interested to see how Anselmino does, had a few injuries whilst at Dortmund, but highly regarded from the performances he has put in.
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25 Jan 2026 20:59:54
Interesting J! I wonder what Acheampong has got to do to get minutes? I don't understand it – has looked good every time he's played.
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25 Jan 2026 22:30:21
He needs to be better than Chalobah and Fofana every time he plays. I think he’s definitely the future of that right sided CB, and Will be starting much more regularly next season.
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26 Jan 2026 07:28:47
I’m only guessing but this is my take, Anselmino comes back from Dortmund and Josh goes out on loan. So, it gives us a much better opportunity to see how Anselmino copes in cup competitions plus the premiership and Josh gets more consistent mins. I think we buy Jacquet now and let him stay at Rennes (as reported) for the remainder of the season.
In the summer we sell at least two of our current CH’s.
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26 Jan 2026 09:43:34
Not a bad assumption Tom but I don't think we'll get Jacquet as i think there will be many takers for his signature in the summer, perhaps an over coat, maybe.
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26 Jan 2026 09:56:37
Would be very happy if Josh gets loaned to Palace and we get to see him play consistently for the rest of the season. Not sure how others are getting games in front of him this season anyway tbh. Badi almost cost us another goal and Fofana just isn’t it if we intend to challenge.
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26 Jan 2026 14:00:37
ED01, there appears to be a lot of big clubs clamouring over the signature of the Rennes centre back Jacquet who is young with a price tag of over £50 million, is he as good as it being made out? and who is likely to sign him?
{Ed001's Note - I have never seen the lad play, I know one friend thinks he is brilliant, but he also thought Naby Keita would be great for Liverpool, so not sure what to think!! I thought he was set for Chelsea.}
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27 Jan 2026 13:22:25
I'm glad that Anselmino is back with us, it is quite obvious that Dortmond were hoing to turn his head just the way they did with Matteson.
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27 Jan 2026 15:15:11
Someone on Sky said bringing back Anselmimo was a strategy to get Rennes to reduce their fee for Jacquet. Well with us apparently out of the picture, all those clubs clamouring for his signature have a clearer field. Strange though, I don’t see any club rushing in to pay £50 million +.
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27 Jan 2026 17:41:12
Why should they Jimbo, he is a youngster with potential.
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27 Jan 2026 18:43:20
We will pay over £50m with add ons for the lad. The player has apparently stated his preference and we want him.
If he is as good as some say then he sounds like a good buy. I’m not fussed about his age.
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27 Jan 2026 19:53:57
Tom
I have no idea how good he is but let's be honest the prem league is completely different to the French league.
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27 Jan 2026 22:00:54
Bill, “let’s be honest” the answer is obviously yes, the two leagues are different. Every countries is different.
If we go down that rabbit hole we would only buy players with premiership experience.
I have not seen the player, I have asked if any other poster has seen the lad play and now Ed has been asked. Apparently Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Liverpool are all interested in signing the player. If that is the case, I would assume he is showing to professional judges that he is a good player.
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28 Jan 2026 10:44:46
No it doesn't tom… it shows ges a young player with potential and a handful of games in the french league…. long way to go before he can be considered a ‘good player’.
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28 Jan 2026 13:53:20
Kazblue, I haven’t got a clue if he is a good player and I repeat I have asked other posters if they know anything about the lad or seen him play on top of that Ed was also asked.
If it’s true that multiple clubs are interested in signing him it show he is a good player and assume he is a player that all interested clubs believe he will improve.
I personally don’t care about his age as I do not see it as a barrier to abilities.
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28 Jan 2026 16:58:06
Shouldn’t be paying £50 million plus for a defender unless he’s a starter.
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28 Jan 2026 19:55:44
Surely the first question should be, is he a good player? He is worth what our Calu and other clubs are prepared to pay and what Rennes are prepared to sell for.
Please, just someone tell me how good he is? That might be a starting point to working out if he is supposedly good value. Whatever that means!
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24 Jan 2026 09:06:53
Any news on Mudryk ED01?
{Ed001's Note - nothing mate, but drug offences and issues around them are treated as sensitive information.}
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24 Jan 2026 15:23:07
Thanks ED01, the fact that Liam was talking about him being such a good player made me wonder if he was back training.
{Ed001's Note - he could well be. They are allowed back in training in advance of the end of a ban anyway. They are given time to regain fitness.}
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24 Jan 2026 20:58:26
There is a rumour that the ban was lifted on Jan 17th.
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25 Jan 2026 00:34:27
Seems rather strange ed001 that he may be nearing the end of a ban that hasn’t actually been announced unless I’ve missed it? As in I’ve not seen ‘mudryk banned for X amount of time’. So to not have a timeframe for a ban or to have had an appeal and yet he may be close to returning just seems a little crazy to me.
{Ed001's Note - when it involves drugs, they rarely do even tell us. They keep it quiet and often mark the player as injured so long as they go to rehab. They say it is to protect the player's career, but to me it feels like they just don't want people to realise how bad the drug problem is in the game. They don't want the sponsorship collapse that was seen in cycling after the Lance Armstrong era.}
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25 Jan 2026 23:44:11
Do we even know if Mudryck was guilty of drug taking? There really has been nothing on this. No news. Is that good news?
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27 Jan 2026 07:26:36
He is guilty of having drugs in his body.
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27 Jan 2026 12:35:04
So, if he had the drugs in his body - how long was he banned for?
it is all very mysterious.
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27 Jan 2026 15:47:30
Celery as I posted on the 18th Jan, the rumour is his ban finished on the 17th Jan.
I wouldn’t have a clue if this is true but it did appear on a couple of sites.
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28 Jan 2026 03:21:09
This is ridiculous though. How long was he banned for? Is he still banned? When will his ban end - IF it has not already ended? Do journalists not ask questions any more? Will we ever know what happened? What is still happening? lol.
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23 Jan 2026 22:05:00
A rumour today saying we are considering bringing back Kante. I have very little idea about his abilities nowadays but I’m told he is still playing for France.
Always seemed such a nice humble guy and I personally believe he would help our players on lots of levels.
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24 Jan 2026 09:06:23
Tom,
If it's to assist on a coaching level, I'm absolutely fine with that however if it's to play, sadly it's a no from me.
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24 Jan 2026 09:21:14
No brainer for me.
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25 Jan 2026 15:05:33
I'd take him back in a heartbeat, Tom. Possibly my favourite ever player. No idea what his level is like, but as many pros have shown you can be an older player and still make a positive difference on the pitch. Besides which, he was so far and away in terms of energy levels a few years ago, he's probably just a very good player now.
I'd take even one of the Kante twins, if it couldn't be both. Bring him on in those games we just need to see out to be a calm head on the pitch. He's a winner. Plus, as you say, he's such a humble guy as well as model professional, and someone like that is exactly what this team needs.
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27 Jan 2026 18:30:59
Agree that Kante back at Chelsea til end of season would be great but apparently he would like a longer contract?
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23 Jan 2026 09:20:43
A few rumours knocking about that Cole Palmer is homesick and wants a return to Mancland, any truth in that ED01 and how good a player do you think he is?
{Ed001's Note - there is a small bit of truth in it, but this is very very common amongst players that are injured. They get miserable and miss home, they miss the comradeship of training every day and messing around with their mates. They get a little bit overlooked and spend a lot of time on their own doing rehab and resting. It is very normal and rarely leads to anything unless they struggle to get back in to the team when fit.
I trained a lot with injured pros when I was in the UK, they are all bloody miserable and want to be with their family when injured. They need the support. When they are a bit older, settled down with wives and kids, they have that support there, so it is not an issue. But a youngster like Palmer will have very little support. Imo clubs have come a long way with the way they look after their prime assets (the players) but this is one thing they can do almost nothing about. You can't keep them included with the group, as they are unable to train with them, you can't be their family, so it is just a case of getting them fit as quickly as possible and back in with the squad properly.
The main issue will be if he has this time to think (can he think? Of all the things Palmer is known for, thinking is not in there at all, bless him!), well time anyway, he might wonder if the club's ambition matches his own. That would be the only thing that would worry me from a Chelsea point of view.}
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23 Jan 2026 09:49:29
Oh well, that's him gone then ED001.
Doubt very much it will be to Man U espically when you talk about ambition of a club.
{Ed001's Note - I don't know about that, Palmer is young and has plenty of time to make a move later.}
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23 Jan 2026 10:27:33
Thanks ED01, that was a great piece and I had never considered all of those factors. Were you an ex pro or medical guy when you were in the UK?
{Ed001's Note - no mate, neither. Just an obsessive trainer and was living in an area with not many facilities to train, so everyone in the area ended up using the same things to train. I was swimming with Olympic swimmers in the run up to 2012 and had my daughter and her friends convinced that the gold postbox was put outside my house for the work I did coaching some of the Olympians. Even though it was me asking them for help with my swimming. They were only 11 though bless em.
What it meant was, the local football team had nowhere specific to train during the summer to keep fit and would end up at local gyms and school playing fields. On days off I would be out with dogs playing footie with them and they would join in for a kickabout initially. But they would always be intrigued as I would run them into the ground endurance wise and astonished that I would do that after a 12 hour shift at work. So I ended up just working with a lot of them on their training to get them fitter. I am talking League 1/2 level mostly. When it started they were still non-league and I had got friendly with their star player, who had to quit the team when they finally won promotion as he was a lawyer or barrister or something like that and couldn't cope with the pay cut he would have to take to play League 2! But it was him who started it as he struggled to maintain the fitness while working long hours, so he was interested in how I could have so much basic fitness.}
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23 Jan 2026 11:20:27
That is really interesting ED01, thanks for your insight.
{Ed001's Note - very welcome.}
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23 Jan 2026 15:29:42
Very interesting posts Ed001. Insights into the emotions of players battling with injuries and also you as swimmer with Olympians, coach and player fitness trainer to local team! Great reads and many thanks for them.
{Ed001's Note - I was only really learning to swim properly as I was intending to do triathlons, so it was really good to get to learn off them. Though it was quite depressing having the Paralympians flash past you with no arms while you were trying to do sprints. Just when you think you are getting quite good, life has a way of reminding you how far you still have to go!}
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23 Jan 2026 17:10:56
Too true Ed001. Has happend to me quite a few times over the years!
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24 Jan 2026 13:23:33
That's some really interesting insights Ed! I guess it's sometimes easy to forget that, at the end of the day, these players are still just human beings.
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22 Jan 2026 18:42:31
A few rumours that Douglas Luiz is joining on loan, any truth in this ED01?
{Ed001's Note - apparently there is interest, I don't understand it, he is a very good player and brings experience, but is injury prone.}
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22 Jan 2026 19:00:09
We do need a body, but would prefer a younger player from the academy playing. I think Acheampong should be playing a lot more than he does.
Shame about lavia but you guys dodged a bullet there ed001. What do you think is wrong with him? 3 years in and hasn't completed 90 minutes. Think there's still a chance he turns it around?
{Ed001's Note - considering the amount and length of his injuries, it would seem to be a genetic problem. It can't be all bad luck.}
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22 Jan 2026 20:00:55
Thanks ED01 for your prompt reply. I agree, he is a good player but as you say, a strange one bearing in mind his injury record.
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23 Jan 2026 09:51:29
Somebody told our SD'S he is a great CB, they said that's exactly what's needed at the moment.
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22 Jan 2026 10:56:17
Just saw on sky a discussion around Palmer wanting to join Man Utd? Say it ain't so.
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22 Jan 2026 12:43:02
Apparently home sick. I can’t see Man Utd paying £160m plus for him or any player.
Last season it was PSG (Manchester) that wanted him.
If a player ain’t happy, sell him is my attitude towards any player.
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22 Jan 2026 12:52:23
Dan
As Tom has said many times on here, we are a buying and selling business, not a football club, di yes, anything is possible.
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22 Jan 2026 14:34:55
Bill, if it’s true then this is different, we don’t keep unhappy players.
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22 Jan 2026 19:18:55
I don’t think many clubs keep unhappy players as I said recently if a player wants out they usually get the move. I fully expect Palmer to go in the summer. I always say players and coaches come and go. I would be very sorry to see Cole go, for me he has been the most entertaining and game changing player we have had since Eden.
No doubt we will make a big profit but we are unlikely to replace him with a player of similar quality and probably fritter it away on young players. Reece has 2 years left on his contract; don’t be surprised if he isn’t looking at pastures new.
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23 Jan 2026 04:13:18
Reece is Chelsea. If we got relegated I’d expect he’d stay with us. Cole is a very good player, who is having a stop start year and may need surgery to fix whatever is wrong. No guarantee he returns to his best although would love to give him the chance to become a legend here.
If he requests a transfer due to missing Manchester, it’s a good thing he got signed onto a long deal last year.
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23 Jan 2026 06:44:08
Newspaper tosh! He certainly wasn’t homesick when he signed that multi, multi year contract. He’s had a frustrating season, with injuries and the impact they’ve had on form, and has struggled to hide that frustration. Newspapers have used that to create this rhetoric.
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23 Jan 2026 17:14:40
Wonder whether he may still need surgery or whether that option off then table until after the World Cup?
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19 Jan 2026 09:31:26
It is being reported that Liam Rosenior has asked for Jacquet and wants him to go straight into the side, let's hope he is as good as our new head coach says he is as £56 million for a 20 year old centre back is a lot of money.
On the plus side though it is nice to know that the sporting directors are backing the new gaffer.
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19 Jan 2026 12:06:37
Greenaway, let’s not forget that our current manager will have personally seen this guy play.
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19 Jan 2026 16:07:17
Good point Tom. Gtreenwaway we can only hope he is as good as his highlights reel suggests plus can adapt v quickly to EPL.
I don't know about anyone wles on here but I enjoyed watching the extraordinarly long - injurt/controversy/Denegal leaving pitch for a while etc - second half and extra time of the Afcon final last night. But apart from the controversy over disallowed goal and awarded penalty I though DSenegal deserved on balance to win and that our player on loan at Strasbourgh Mamadou Sarr was pretty impressive in defense. Someone LR likely to give game time to next season if likely included back in squad along with Kendry Paez plus Emegha.
Sarr likely to be in LR's plans. Anselmino also availabe after v impressive loan spell with Borussia Dortmund. LC should be back fit we hope but may take time to get back to best plus Fofana a favoured RCB when fit but having to be carefully managed. Josh and Trev have done pretty well for us imho, and both can offer cover at RB if needs be. Tosin and BB a bit more up and down in form perhaps.
But what does all of this mean for who should stay or leave in the summer (whether permanently or on loan)? who would be the best four or five say to keep bearing in mind desirability of having some left and right footers plus cool minds strength in air (defensively and offensively) and good passing ability?
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21 Jan 2026 12:09:17
Sarr, Colwill coming back, Anselmino looking good… I don’t disagree that we could upgrade most of our current CB options (except Fofana when he is fit and on it), but for the sake of 4/5 months, I am not sure that marginal gains are worth it.
Trev is a solid EPL performer, Hato played there for Ajax (and captained them) .
Mind you, I don’t think we need to buy a new goalkeeper either. Sanchez has had a decent season, Penders is in the future picture….
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18 Jan 2026 19:04:08
I have seen a few comments about Mudryk coming back to Chelsea very soon.
I have no idea if this is true.
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18 Jan 2026 19:36:58
Hope it is Tom, for the lads career.
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18 Jan 2026 20:03:30
Hope so.
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19 Jan 2026 16:09:02
Hope he has a future in the game Tom but right now what are the rumours suggesting in terms of likely return or timing of this? What is the state of his case/punishment or lack of this?
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20 Jan 2026 07:22:10
JBS, according to my son he attached a blue heart emoji to a picture to himself and such is social media, this indicates he is about to make a comeback.
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20 Jan 2026 13:01:51
So the algorithim of social media is deciding the fate of him? interesting.
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21 Jan 2026 12:10:19
Surely a loan to build fitness and confidence? He has form great attributes, but in playing years, he is younger than his biological age.
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21 Jan 2026 12:51:19
Drugs keep you young kids! thumbs up.
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22 Jan 2026 22:14:11
And celery doesn’t tickle. 😇🤣.
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17 Jan 2026 06:58:46
Who’s going to be this perfect CB for Chelsea this January?
Apparently, the club are looking for a player who’s comfortable playing out from the back, is first team / EPL ready and can develop with, ultimately playing alongside, Colwill. They will obviously stick to their age criteria as well, don’t see them signing a 28 year old fully fledged / experienced international.
Romano has stated we have three players on our list, one of which is named as Jacquet, who plays for Rennes and is being chased by half of Europe. I’m not seeing a current EPL defender who meets the criteria.
Who else should we be looking at?
In other news, some reports that it’s between us and Man City for Barcelona midfielder Dro Fernandez, who is leaving on a €6m release clause. Flick Maya’s described loosing the player as the biggest disappointment of his career.
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17 Jan 2026 08:53:42
J, I enjoyed your report and fingers crossed you are correct on the recruitment front.
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17 Jan 2026 08:54:51
PSG now favoured to sign Dro.
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17 Jan 2026 08:57:56
Jacquet is wanted by all the top clubs in europe and in particular Liverpool, Aresnal and Real Madrid so will be very difficult to sign him I imagine?
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17 Jan 2026 10:23:49
69 million for a centre back whos played 19 senior games in ligue1 is absoloute insanity.
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17 Jan 2026 10:50:09
Jacquet is only 20 so certainly fits the agre profile - or is he already a bit too old? lol - and his highlights package looks good strong and quick (but said package unlikely to show any errors of course) . Another great prospect. But could take time to adapt to EPL?
Anselmino looked v promising indeed to me when I watched him at the Bridge in our preseason friendly v Bayer Leverkausen and do not know whay we didn't hold on to him - I suppose we altready had BB and perhaps thought Hato could play there though seems more comfortable at LB- yet we loaned him out to Borussia Dortmund where he is excelling.
What I think Matresca wanted was an already EPL proven LCB to replace/stand in for the injured LC. Marcos Senesi from Bournemouth may be available in this respect but is 'elderly' at 28!
But given we are unlikely to win my=uch this season pergaps Jacquet would be another good purchase/investment for the future. Fits more in line with CFC as a trading club that might be able to compete for ECK or EPL - if we can retain our best players - ina few seasons time?
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17 Jan 2026 11:54:00
So, I ask again has any poster seen these two young CH’s we are being linked with actually play?
I personally have no idea of how good they currently are.
Obviously some feel they are overpriced, so I assume they have seen them play.
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17 Jan 2026 12:50:27
Tom
I'm sure you will probably be aware but I doubt anybody has seen them play.
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17 Jan 2026 14:25:01
That’s my point Bill. So, if that is the case how do qualify as a waist of money?
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17 Jan 2026 14:50:37
I've not seen them play only Jacquet's highlights reel in which he looked impressive as most do but did reveal his size strength and pace. But we are all guessing on how he would turn out to be when in a blue shirt at the Bridge. As most will have been with likes of Gittens and Hato.
Bringing players in from outside the EPL typically more if a gamble than getting them in from another EPL club or may need more time to adjust. Can only hope Jacquet is the bees knees of CBs if we sign him.
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17 Jan 2026 15:57:04
Jacquet has (apparently) told Rennes he wants to join Chelsea this window. Haven’t seen him, but, given the wide depth of interest in him, he must have some promise. If he signs, for me, we’d need him to be an immediate upgrade on Chalobah, Tosin or Badiashile - tough ask.
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17 Jan 2026 18:23:43
J I agree with you and would just add that hevis predominantly left footed and is probably more physical as a player than BB.
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17 Jan 2026 22:11:17
Highly rated player. £55 million-ish for a player with 30 Ligue 1 games under his professional belt. City are signing Guehi for £20 million. I'm nonplussed.
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17 Jan 2026 23:03:34
EdW, I’m not sure how interested we would have been in Guehi given his reported wages.
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18 Jan 2026 05:16:29
If I’m not wrong, in the summer Guehi was asked if he would be interested in returning to us and shut it down instantly.
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18 Jan 2026 06:04:44
Guehi contract was up, if he had three or so years left he’d be valued significantly higher. Tom’s correct about wages too. Right player for us, but wasn’t going to happen.
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18 Jan 2026 08:59:50
I'm in agreement, his wages demands are far too high for us and I'm totally happy with that.
Who do we get on, who knows and to be honest I will only be interested when we signed somebody that puts on a shirt for us and actually plays rather than being loaned out.
The young fellow at Dortmund who is on loan from us is supposedly playing well getting rave reviews from their coach, why not give him a go.
In the summer, a clear out of our CB's should be a priority.
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18 Jan 2026 18:04:24
Jacquet is rated highly. but my argument would be so are anselmino, sarr and josh and the forgotten colwill whos still only 22
surely a better idea might be a bit more experience to balance it out?
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18 Jan 2026 20:25:50
I would like to think they have looked at all different solutions. I haven’t seen th lad play and so far no other poster has said they have seen him play.
He could be the cat’s whiskers. If we sign him I wi wait and see before I start judging or making comparisons to other players.
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18 Jan 2026 23:04:15
he might become the cats whiskers- issue is we already have 3 that 'might' become good- how about looking at someone whos played a bit before.
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19 Jan 2026 12:08:31
Maybe because they consider this guy to be better than what we currently have.
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19 Jan 2026 14:29:01
The problem is how do we know that tom… sarr and anselmino have done well by all sccounts and you can see there's a top class player potentiallt in josh …. Just feels like money that couldve been better spent.
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19 Jan 2026 14:56:59
How on earth do you reach a conclusion that any transfer fee could’ve been better spent.
Not a single poster has said they have seen the lad play other than social media clips. Our manager has first hand knowledge of the player as well as our SD’s supposed positive reports.
I am assuming/guessing they feel he is an upgrade on what we currently have. I’m personally not in a position to judge or be critical of that decision.
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21 Jan 2026 12:13:09
I like PochEmpire’s comment about how crazy it would be to spend £69m for a player who has played 19 games in L1. Enzo had played 17 games for Benfica, so presumably the fee for this lad should be higher!
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16 Jan 2026 21:53:00
Hi Guys and Girls, I'm back after a short break and head wobble and thought I would share this with you fresh in from Kavvy at Sky.
Chelsea are getting close to signing a centre back this month - and also a midfielder or attacker if the right opportunity materialises. Levi Colwill’s recovery from a serious knee injury is going very well and the England centre back remains a central part of Chelsea’s long-term plans. At the same time, Chelsea are cautiously optimistic they will be able to sign a new centre back, who is their preferred option, this month and talks have stepped up. Rennes' 20-year-old defender Jeremy Jacquet is one of their main targets.
On a new midfielder or attacker – Chelsea are working to see whether summer 2026 targets can be signed this month. Chelsea have left a Champions League A slot free in their squad so they can add a new player.
The centre backs Chelsea wanted to sign in the summer were not available when Colwill was injured in August. Chelsea were trying to sign a starting-level centre back all summer – before and after Colwill was injured. Chelsea were confident of signing Dean Huijsen last summer before Real Madrid – who were his dream move since he was a child – agreed a deal to sign the player from Bournemouth.
After missing out on Huijsen, Chelsea struggled to find an elite level centre back in the market who was an upgrade on what they had. Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham and Newcastle United were all trying to sign a centre back and failed to sign anyone of the required standard. Enzo Maresca’s public comments that Chelsea should sign a centre back weakened their leverage.
Looks like 2 or 3 might be coming in. Open those doors.
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17 Jan 2026 05:00:20
RPD, welcome back. I was gutted when Huijsen went to RM but I’m pleased we didn’t go a make do type alternative.
Looks like they are determined to only go for a player who is on their list of targets.
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17 Jan 2026 09:04:22
Welcome back RPD.
I read recently Liverpool have Jacquet in their sights and now maybe more as they lost out to Man City with Guehi.
Like Tom, I beleive they should only go for a player the club have been following as a priority and not a fall back.
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17 Jan 2026 11:10:30
Welcome back RPD and thanks for another inteeresting post. I do agree that an upgrade needed at CB though am a bit concerned that even a v talented youngster Jacquet from the French league may undestandably take time to adjust to the greater pace and physicality of the EPL plus extra pressure in playing for a big club like CFC. But he could be the real deal
IMHO Guehi would have offered us an immediate fix in being both EPL tested plus knowing CFC of course and would only cost City 20 million. I don't know if we even tried for him? It seems that Jacquet will cosr c 50 million and has to be a gamble being so young and with no EPL experience though I confess to being impressed by his physicality and speed on display in his highlights reel.
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16 Jan 2026 15:57:05
A rumour raheem sterling back in squad. shows that it was prev manager who did not rate him and booted him out but club welcome him back now.
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16 Jan 2026 17:11:32
How much longer does RS have on his contract?
Will the club try and strengthen us at CB or anyhwere else on the pitch (eg GK; Striker) this window?
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16 Jan 2026 20:17:14
JBS, good Sterling question. I can’t remember if it’s one and half or two and half years.
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17 Jan 2026 10:53:34
Thanks Tom. will try and find out re RS contract. Non playing player at CFC bad for him and us but he didn't do well at Arsenal and it is hard to see how he could come back into CFC squad now and get much game time if any. And who woud back this?
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17 Jan 2026 11:00:32
Sterling gad two years left on his contract in Sep[tember 2025 so presume it expires end of August 2027.
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17 Jan 2026 11:56:34
JBS, thanks for the clarification. So only 18 months max to go. Of course we could extend his contract. 😇.
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17 Jan 2026 14:34:46
Tom. that’s good news, we only have to pay him £25 million in wages to the end of his contract 😱.
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17 Jan 2026 20:00:52
Better than it was three and a half years ago and who knows a club might still take part of his costs off our books.
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18 Jan 2026 21:37:20
Tom, I don’t understand your logic: over his contract period he will receive £80 million in wages: how much do you seriously believe we will get from another club . Offer him 10 mill to**** off.
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19 Jan 2026 12:13:44
My logic is, we have already paid three and half years of his wages and it’s likely that amount for account purposes has already been written off. Therefore we have a further eighteen months to pay as a maximum. That maximum (with luck) could be reduced by a sale, loan or negotiated release.
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