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Hoops

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Chelsea will decline now. abramovich isnt getting any richer. The squad is in need of an overhaul, but he cant afford to spend big.

Conte will go. Coutois, Hazard, Willian rumoured to be off. A spanish team will no doubt come in for Pedro. Be a long time before they challenge again.

Rolling out Drinkwater and Barkley week after week.
 

VegasII

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Chelsea will decline now. abramovich isnt getting any richer. The squad is in need of an overhaul, but he cant afford to spend big.

Conte will go. Coutois, Hazard, Willian rumoured to be off. A spanish team will no doubt come in for Pedro. Be a long time before they challenge again.

Rolling out Drinkwater and Barkley week after week.

Hopefully it's the start of them going back to the second division. In this case, the new second division. But then League 1 is too good for these ****s.
 

SUIYHA

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Chelsea will decline now. abramovich isnt getting any richer. The squad is in need of an overhaul, but he cant afford to spend big.

Conte will go. Coutois, Hazard, Willian rumoured to be off. A spanish team will no doubt come in for Pedro. Be a long time before they challenge again.

Rolling out Drinkwater and Barkley week after week.

That's a bit optimistic. For all the talk about Abramovic not backing Conte, he's given him a huge amount to spend this season. His problem has been that he's spent it very badly. Stolen from Twitter:

Morata £60M
Bakayoko £36M
Drinkwater £35M
Rudiger £31.5M
Zappacosta £22.5M
Emerson £18M
Giroud £18m
Barkley £15M

Just the £236 Million.

What I would love to see happen though is a more focused media campaign to turn Hazard and co's heads like there was with Modric/Bale/Berbatov etc. When we weren't finishing in the Champions League spots, all the talk was about how players of that quality "deserved" or "had to be playing" Champions League football. Remember it was Chelsea who turned Modric's head in the first place. So let's get on with this now:

Barring a dramatic turnaround, Chelsea will fail to qualify for the Champions League for the second time in three seasons. Hazard joined Chelsea because they were European Champions, but since he's been there they've only made it past the round of 16 once (back in 2014) and as Hazard is now 27, surely he needs to leave for a bigger club to play at the elite level his talents deserve? He is wasting his career with that small club in Fulham.
 

jurgen

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Think Hazard is just as likely to flop at a super club as he is to flourish. His attitude seems terrible and he's very talented but a real fair weather player.
 

Reprobate

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Would love to see the media selling off Chelsea's best players. It would be so fun. But something tells me it ain't gonna happen!

I suppose even without CL, if the salary is appealing, Chelsea will still retain/be able to buy some quality.

I reckon maybe they need another season of not making the top four and then if that happened, they'd lose their allure a lot more.
 

rossdapep

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Think Hazard is just as likely to flop at a super club as he is to flourish. His attitude seems terrible and he's very talented but a real fair weather player.
I remember when they won the title under Mourinho and people were bracketing him with Henry, etc. He's not even close IMO, he doesn't inspire his teammates like Henry did, he turns it on and off and for all of his quality he goes missing too often.
 

Wheeler Dealer

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That's a bit optimistic. For all the talk about Abramovic not backing Conte, he's given him a huge amount to spend this season. His problem has been that he's spent it very badly. Stolen from Twitter:

Morata £60M
Bakayoko £36M
Drinkwater £35M
Rudiger £31.5M
Zappacosta £22.5M
Emerson £18M
Giroud £18m
Barkley £15M


Just the £236 Million.

What I would love to see happen though is a more focused media campaign to turn Hazard and co's heads like there was with Modric/Bale/Berbatov etc. When we weren't finishing in the Champions League spots, all the talk was about how players of that quality "deserved" or "had to be playing" Champions League football. Remember it was Chelsea who turned Modric's head in the first place. So let's get on with this now:

Barring a dramatic turnaround, Chelsea will fail to qualify for the Champions League for the second time in three seasons. Hazard joined Chelsea because they were European Champions, but since he's been there they've only made it past the round of 16 once (back in 2014) and as Hazard is now 27, surely he needs to leave for a bigger club to play at the elite level his talents deserve? He is wasting his career with that small club in Fulham.
With or without CL football, £250k a week soon eases any disappointment and this alone will keep players like Hazard etc.. We couldn't pay top dollar and that coupled with no CL football made it very difficult to keep the likes of Berba, Modric and Bale.
 

Hoops

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That's a bit optimistic. For all the talk about Abramovic not backing Conte, he's given him a huge amount to spend this season. His problem has been that he's spent it very badly. Stolen from Twitter:

Morata £60M
Bakayoko £36M
Drinkwater £35M
Rudiger £31.5M
Zappacosta £22.5M
Emerson £18M
Giroud £18m
Barkley £15M


Just the £236 Million.

What I would love to see happen though is a more focused media campaign to turn Hazard and co's heads like there was with Modric/Bale/Berbatov etc. When we weren't finishing in the Champions League spots, all the talk was about how players of that quality "deserved" or "had to be playing" Champions League football. Remember it was Chelsea who turned Modric's head in the first place. So let's get on with this now:

Barring a dramatic turnaround, Chelsea will fail to qualify for the Champions League for the second time in three seasons. Hazard joined Chelsea because they were European Champions, but since he's been there they've only made it past the round of 16 once (back in 2014) and as Hazard is now 27, surely he needs to leave for a bigger club to play at the elite level his talents deserve? He is wasting his career with that small club in Fulham.

They sold just as much though. The net spends not a lot theses days.
 

wakefieldyid

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Would love to see the media selling off Chelsea's best players. It would be so fun. But something tells me it ain't gonna happen!

I suppose even without CL, if the salary is appealing, Chelsea will still retain/be able to buy some quality.

I reckon maybe they need another season of not making the top four and then if that happened, they'd lose their allure a lot more.

Since there's no way that RA can expect simply to splurge £150m and buy the title again, perhaps his Plan B is just to sell up (particularly now that he's sitting on planning permission for the new stadium) and move on?

New owners might even be able to convince an incoming manager that he won't simply be undermined and sacked in another 2 years' time....
 

rossdapep

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Costa = £57m
Matic = £40m
Ake = £20m
Begovic =£10m
Cuadrado = £17m
Traore = £9m
Atsu = £6m
Chalobah = £5m

Don't forget their ridiculous loan system that generates a tidy net profit.

Make no mistake about it, Abramovich has tightened the budget and you only have to look at some of the questionable outs - Matic, Costa, Luiz, Oscar, etc - to see that he very much has his eye on the profit now as opposed to the free-spending when he first arrived.

Don't forget the hefty pay-off fees they have paid to managers and their team over the years.

Also, some of those players to have come in are a million miles away from the kind of signings they used to make - Drinkwater, Giroud, Zappacosta?? - they used to try target the best, not other cast-offs and limited players.

Something has definitely changed.
 

Lilbaz

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Apr 1, 2005
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Costa = £57m
Matic = £40m
Ake = £20m
Begovic =£10m
Cuadrado = £17m
Traore = £9m
Atsu = £6m
Chalobah = £5m

Don't forget their ridiculous loan system that generates a tidy net profit.

Make no mistake about it, Abramovich has tightened the budget and you only have to look at some of the questionable outs - Matic, Costa, Luiz, Oscar, etc - to see that he very much has his eye on the profit now as opposed to the free-spending when he first arrived.

Don't forget the hefty pay-off fees they have paid to managers and their team over the years.

Also, some of those players to have come in are a million miles away from the kind of signings they used to make - Drinkwater, Giroud, Zappacosta?? - they used to try target the best, not other cast-offs and limited players.

Something has definitely changed.

Russia got the world cup and putin took the pressure off. There are rumours that abramovic might even sell a part share in the club to help pay for the new stadium.
 

Japhet

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Since there's no way that RA can expect simply to splurge £150m and buy the title again, perhaps his Plan B is just to sell up (particularly now that he's sitting on planning permission for the new stadium) and move on?

New owners might even be able to convince an incoming manager that he won't simply be undermined and sacked in another 2 years' time....


The simple fact is that it isn't as easy to buy the EPL or the CL as it used to be.
 

LexingtonSpurs

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That's a bit optimistic. For all the talk about Abramovic not backing Conte, he's given him a huge amount to spend this season. His problem has been that he's spent it very badly. Stolen from Twitter:
Isn't Conte's issue that he does not have enough say on the incomings?

I agree the board backed him by selling Costa - but they were beaten to Lukaku, and settled for Morata. Not sure Lukaku makes the difference here.
 

wakefieldyid

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Jun 13, 2006
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The simple fact is that it isn't as easy to buy the EPL or the CL as it used to be.
...but, as Arsenal now see with the likes of Stan Kronke, investors aren't necessarily driven only by the glory of winning. It's still possible to build a good business case around just being an underperforming PL club with an affluent support base. :)
 

rossdapep

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...but, as Arsenal now see with the likes of Stan Kronke, investors aren't necessarily driven only by the glory of winning. It's still possible to build a good business case around just being an underperforming PL club with an affluent support base. :)
Absolutely. He's clearly there to use them as an extra income. Although it does make me laugh when the likes of DT say that Kroenke needs to spend his own money. He's a business man you moron, he's not going to dip into his own money to satisfy your needs.
 

nailsy

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Jul 24, 2005
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That's a bit optimistic. For all the talk about Abramovic not backing Conte, he's given him a huge amount to spend this season. His problem has been that he's spent it very badly. Stolen from Twitter:

Morata £60M
Bakayoko £36M
Drinkwater £35M
Rudiger £31.5M
Zappacosta £22.5M
Emerson £18M
Giroud £18m
Barkley £15M

Just the £236 Million.

What I would love to see happen though is a more focused media campaign to turn Hazard and co's heads like there was with Modric/Bale/Berbatov etc. When we weren't finishing in the Champions League spots, all the talk was about how players of that quality "deserved" or "had to be playing" Champions League football. Remember it was Chelsea who turned Modric's head in the first place. So let's get on with this now:

Barring a dramatic turnaround, Chelsea will fail to qualify for the Champions League for the second time in three seasons. Hazard joined Chelsea because they were European Champions, but since he's been there they've only made it past the round of 16 once (back in 2014) and as Hazard is now 27, surely he needs to leave for a bigger club to play at the elite level his talents deserve? He is wasting his career with that small club in Fulham.

His main issue is that they bought players that he didn't want. He didn't even turn up to welcome Barkley. He's acting like a spoilt brat though. How often has Poch landed his first choice transfer target?

With or without CL football, £250k a week soon eases any disappointment and this alone will keep players like Hazard etc.. We couldn't pay top dollar and that coupled with no CL football made it very difficult to keep the likes of Berba, Modric and Bale.

I'm not sure that's right in Hazard's case. Remember that he only joined Chelsea in the first place because we missed out on the Champions league and they took our place. I can see him leaving this summer if they get a decent offer.
 

coys200

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Tbh with a bit of juggling selling off dead wood they could have a very good squad. Imo they need a CB creative CM AM/winger and sort out striker situation. All that is doable with some movement. Plus they have some exceptional young players. Hudson-odoi Ampado trevor chalobah etc. Wouldn’t right them off just yet.
 
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