Summer Transfer Window 2023
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I like Soucek, but the bottom line is he isn't very good with the ball at his feet. His passing range is very limited and he's very vulnerable to a high press, IMO.
Would I rather we signed everyone we needed nice and early? Yes. But what I would like more is to make sure we sign players that actually improve us. There's no point going early and signing more Gokhan Tore's and Havard Nordtveit's, IMO.
Lukerz posted the current squad yesterday. IMO, if we go into the Bournemouth game with that squad, that's fine. If we go into the Luton game with it, we'll have a tricky season.
We could have made Rice and Arsenal wait until our replacement was all agreed. Feel like plenty of other clubs do that sort of thing.
Which is in itself a pretty poor position to be in, IMO.
If we were close to signing somebody I feel like we’d know it. Maybe I’m wrong, but I can’t recall the last time a signing was announced completely out of the blue.
I’ve been banging my head against that particular wall for a while now.
He'd had a medical and done media work with Palace when we gazumped them at the last minute.
But generally speaking there's always some noise. More often than not it's people like Ex and Romano saying that a bid has been accepted, then a few days later that the medical is booked, then the old emoji nonsense and then it's formally announced.
I'd be amazed if we made any signings this summer that didn't follow that pattern. And that we haven't seen any of that makes me think we're not close to anyone, Borges aside.
We do have a 'done and dusted' option where factual deals are discussed. But as yet there's been no cause to use it so all we have is rumour and conjecture to discuss.
https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-fc-transfer-news-gallagher-caicedo-kudus-wahi-b1096326.html
Gallagher apparently been told he's surplus to requirements at Chelsea.
Moyes is said to have been an admirer for a while. Let's see if this one goes anywhere.
It's absolutely insane
This imo is the biggest window in the clubs history in recent seasons in losing their best player and how to reinvest.
How nothing is lined up or even close baffles me.
And on this note, why In trust this summer of transition to Moyes if he only has one season left and will be gone. 🤷♂️
And, even if he is to go next summer, the whole point of bringing in Tim Steidten is to build a longer term recruitment strategy, so it's not just about Moyes.
But, Fulham appear to have been very consistent with their valuation of Palhinha and we appear to have been consistent with our undercooked offers. I'd have thought that the message was quite clear weeks ago that they weren't going to let him go for the £40-45m that we were offering. So it feels like a massive waste of time.
The Alvarez thing could be true. He's on holiday at the moment so any deal may be waiting for when he's back. But as Jorderz says, if this was the case I'd expect one of the usual suspects to be talking about it.
But I'd be interested to see how his numbers compare to Fornals (cheers in advance, alderz). They seem to be quite similar in styles from what I've seen of Gallagher.
The Belgian forward has flopped at the San Siro since his move from Liverpool a year ago, but he still enjoys cult hero status among the fans at Anfield.
Origi won the Premier League and Champions League in his time as a Liverpool player, developing a knack for scoring some important goals in big games such as those famous games against Barcelona and Tottenham in 2019.
Origi could now be heading back to England, with Gazzetta dello Sport claiming a deal with West Ham is close.
The Hammers need more quality in attack and Origi looks a good and realistic option for them this summer.
Highlights for me:
- Gallagher makes more passes, but his passes aren't as progressive, with far more short passes
- Fornals creates more shots and more goals.
- Defensively, Gallagher makes a lot more tackles (2.57 per 90 last year, with Fornals just 1.54)
- Gallagher runs at players more than Fornals, and last season he carried the ball a lot for Chelsea - he did that a lot less at Palace.
- Despite playing in a less advanced role than Fornals, last season Gallagher received a lot more progressive passes than Fornals per 90, which suggests he gets high up the pitch
My feeling, generally, is that it's tricky to compare as Fornals has spent his career with us playing wide left, and Gallagher is a box to box midfielder. I personally think that Fornals would really suit the role of a #8, but he hasn't actually done it for us yet.
But with four competitions and, hopefully, 50+ games next season, he could get enough minutes to keep him happy.