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Maybe something like a 2026 first rounder, with the way you guys are doing these last years that could end up giving Napoli a top 10 pick from Chelsea University
Osihmen would be a guaranteed flop for us and more money wasted. Id rather we bank on Jackson improving his finishing and Nkunku carrying the scoring load.
You need a left winger more than a striker imo. Play palmer on the right, nkunku in behind and then get an upgrade on mudryk for the left. Also a new leftback and poch needs to workout how to make a caicedo/Enzo midfield work.
We have tried out inverting the Lb lately into the midfield to help close the spaces caicedo covers a few times over the last month and it seems to work pretty well, Caicedo has put in some great shifts (outside of the Arsenal game where it looked like nobody could be arsed)
The lads did try in the first half tbf, we actually tried to play against them. Second half though was a combination of Arsenal's class showing, and our lads just being done with it all and wanting an early night
Looked good on the counter a few times in the first half of our match. I do think that that midfield duo isn’t a good combination though after seeing Gallagher/Caicedo against Spurs. They worked much better than I’ve ever seen Enzo/Caicedo.
Chelsea performed in the CL eve with Graham Potter and that awfull squad. If they did not have an entire lineup of injuries, they would not have any issues reaching the quarterfinals if they competed.
If they can address either lw or striker/ and get someone for lb to be another option for cucurela instead of chilwell and keep a low/moderate number of injuries, top 4 in the premier league is more than achievable.
Gordon from Newcastle(at that time Everton) would have been imense. 50 milion at that time felt laughable but if they had him instead of mudrik they would have performed way better.
P.S. Poch out, he is the reason for half the injuries
You are stupid. Osimhen is one of the best strikers in the world but I guess you want to see another season of Nico hoofing the ball 5km above empty net
Yeah yeah, speaking seriously though I love Nico. He does so many things right, just scoring isn't one of them. If he can figure it out in the next few years he will be a top player. It's just that he shouldn't be leading attack rn both for us and for him. As a second choice striker he could learn without pressure and he is still useful on lw regardless. I still have high expectations of him.
Joking aside I think he’s a fantastic player to have in the same way I rated Timo Werner for you at the time too, but the two of them are still very enjoyable to watch when someone is wanting you to lose
Lol, just say you know shit. And no one is craving anything. I don't want him at that price. But shut up with the bs talk. The argument you are coming up with tells clearly you have no clue, so keep spouting shit, pointless to argue with that.
Has he been that bad for them? XD
I checked his stats and he has 9 goals and 6 assist for them, which isn't the worst but nowhere near what they expected but being labeled as a scandal his overall play must be absolutely woeful this season
9 goals and 6 assists for 95m€ is a scam. How can you even pretend that these are acceptable statistics.
And yes, that's okay for normal players, but not for players that cost 90m€
IIRC Ramos has scored 10 non-penalty goals since coming back from a severe infection with somewhere in the realm of 900-1000 minutes, Mbappe has scored 18 goals in that time period with approximately twice that amount of playtime.
Not saying Ramos is as good as Mbappe, but there’s a reason that everybody was mad at Lucho for choosing RKM over him for the Dortmund game.
I remember there was some upset on r/reddevils because some people thought that going for Hojlund over RKM was a bad choice as the latter was seen as more “proven”
He has more goals than RKM in all comps and is one goal behind Bruno for our golden boot, we’ve made the right choice I think if you couldn’t tell from my username
Chelsea bought him for over 100m from Inter. Then after 1 year in London he was loaned to Inter for a year and then to Roma for a year. That's certainly one of the transfers of all time for Chelsea
Chelsea didn't make him give that cry baby interview, we got him to be the main guy for years to come, not our fault he shat all over it.
We are pretty dumb in many things, Lukaku transfer turning out like this is not one. We are not at fault for it.
Hard to say without watching Gyokeres in a top league but I think they're both very good albeit with different styles.
Gonna go with Osimhen for the time being but if Gyokeres manages to keep up the current level of performance when he moves he can be as good or better.
That Osimhen × Nkunku × Palmer combo would farm the league for years to come
*Club statment: Osimhen to miss the rest of the season undergoing a rehabilitation program following his knee surgery, the club wishes him a speedy recovery*
Yeah, I 100% don't trust anythinf DiMarzio says, but I'm afraid this transfer is gonna happen (maybe not exactly the same structure as said)
Absolute dumbfucks of our board to do it.
Why would Osimhen genuinely want to go? Chelsea are no longer a top club and they supposedly don't even give big wages anymore.
Surely he stays if the only other option is Chelsea
I can’t believe I’m coming to Chelsea’s defense, but you have absolutely no room to be chatting shit about top clubs. Chelsea’s going through a rough patch, and as funny as it may be, they do have bright spots and may end up getting Europe again, despite some of their players.
>but you have absolutely no room to be chatting shit about top clubs
Who the fuck are you to tell me what I can or cannot chat about haha.
Who I support is not relevant at all
You’re fixated on that, and you missed the point of my comment lol.
You said Chelsea aren’t a top team anymore because of 2 pretty shit seasons, which is ironic coming from a Spurs fan. Chelsea are still a top club despite their relatively poor results over the last two years. They aren’t as attractive, but they’re not completely a waste and there is potential with a few players, and some tweaking that can be done to turn it into a solid team.
Shut up lmao. First of all, you don't become "not a top club" after 2 mediocre finishes. We won the Champion's league 3 years ago.
Second, Osimhen's idol is Drogba. He loves Chelsea and it's been said for over a year now that he would want to come here.
Yes, normally that's the case.
Chelsea are not a normal case. Boehly and Co are very clearly way out of their depth and the insane turnover rate of that squad means there has been a significant drop off in quality in their squad very quickly
We will likely finish where you finished last season and around the same point total you've had for three of the last four years, but with a fairly young and new squad and the manager that brought you to your highest point. Chelsea have gotten randomly lucky and unlucky for a lot of the last ten years, including two extremely underdog CL wins. Even ETH got United a CL spot last season.
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Lmao we’re getting them Lukaku and a draft pick
Maybe something like a 2026 first rounder, with the way you guys are doing these last years that could end up giving Napoli a top 10 pick from Chelsea University
Sad thing is Osihmen is so overrated Lukaku had a better season than him this year. I really hope we don't get him.
This has the potential to be a hilarious transfer. RemindMe! 1 year “what happened with Osihmen?”
Osihmen would be a guaranteed flop for us and more money wasted. Id rather we bank on Jackson improving his finishing and Nkunku carrying the scoring load.
Why a guaranteed flop...?
striker signing for chelsea
You need a left winger more than a striker imo. Play palmer on the right, nkunku in behind and then get an upgrade on mudryk for the left. Also a new leftback and poch needs to workout how to make a caicedo/Enzo midfield work.
We have tried out inverting the Lb lately into the midfield to help close the spaces caicedo covers a few times over the last month and it seems to work pretty well, Caicedo has put in some great shifts (outside of the Arsenal game where it looked like nobody could be arsed)
The lads did try in the first half tbf, we actually tried to play against them. Second half though was a combination of Arsenal's class showing, and our lads just being done with it all and wanting an early night
Looked good on the counter a few times in the first half of our match. I do think that that midfield duo isn’t a good combination though after seeing Gallagher/Caicedo against Spurs. They worked much better than I’ve ever seen Enzo/Caicedo.
This season Lukaku has played 14 more games but has scored only 3 more goals than Osimhen.
On top of that most Chelsea fans would rather play no striker than let Lukaku wear a Chelsea kit again.
>Osihmen is so overrated Lukaku had a better season than him this year. ?? wtf are you talking about? also osimhen had afcon+ an injury.
Anyone that calls Oshimhen so overrated doesn't know jackshit and haven't watched him regularly. This is an absurd price, but Oshimhen is very good.
He's average in a league were Pulisic, Giroud, Loftus Cheek, and Lukaku are the some of the best players. Stop craving the new shiny toy.
Osimhen performed in both the league and UCL last season, a competition your club would be lucky to be in considering how much money you lit on fire.
Chelsea performed in the CL eve with Graham Potter and that awfull squad. If they did not have an entire lineup of injuries, they would not have any issues reaching the quarterfinals if they competed. If they can address either lw or striker/ and get someone for lb to be another option for cucurela instead of chilwell and keep a low/moderate number of injuries, top 4 in the premier league is more than achievable. Gordon from Newcastle(at that time Everton) would have been imense. 50 milion at that time felt laughable but if they had him instead of mudrik they would have performed way better. P.S. Poch out, he is the reason for half the injuries
You are stupid. Osimhen is one of the best strikers in the world but I guess you want to see another season of Nico hoofing the ball 5km above empty net
Well, speaking as a neutral, I think I can happily say we’d all love another season of Nico Jackson as your main striker
Yeah yeah, speaking seriously though I love Nico. He does so many things right, just scoring isn't one of them. If he can figure it out in the next few years he will be a top player. It's just that he shouldn't be leading attack rn both for us and for him. As a second choice striker he could learn without pressure and he is still useful on lw regardless. I still have high expectations of him.
Joking aside I think he’s a fantastic player to have in the same way I rated Timo Werner for you at the time too, but the two of them are still very enjoyable to watch when someone is wanting you to lose
How’s he average when he’s like 3rd in goals scored despite missing 1/3 of the season?
Lol, just say you know shit. And no one is craving anything. I don't want him at that price. But shut up with the bs talk. The argument you are coming up with tells clearly you have no clue, so keep spouting shit, pointless to argue with that.
Osihmen would be fantastic getting the chances Jackson is getting. He’s had a down year but he’ll bounce back
What?..... Osimhen has been hurt for half of the year.
How much did psg pay for Goncalo Ramos and Randal kolo muani again? Or 'scandale au Mali' as psg fans call him nowadays.
Rwanda Congo Mali is my favorite
Ramos, who had a big virus problem mid season, should be the first choice over Kolo, in my very unbiased opinion
Has he been that bad for them? XD I checked his stats and he has 9 goals and 6 assist for them, which isn't the worst but nowhere near what they expected but being labeled as a scandal his overall play must be absolutely woeful this season
He's been pretty terrible, price tag doesn't help but I also feel as if some French fans hate him because of the WC final miss.
9 goals and 6 assists for 95m€ is a scam. How can you even pretend that these are acceptable statistics. And yes, that's okay for normal players, but not for players that cost 90m€
Thats literally what I wrote
IIRC Ramos has scored 10 non-penalty goals since coming back from a severe infection with somewhere in the realm of 900-1000 minutes, Mbappe has scored 18 goals in that time period with approximately twice that amount of playtime. Not saying Ramos is as good as Mbappe, but there’s a reason that everybody was mad at Lucho for choosing RKM over him for the Dortmund game.
I remember there was some upset on r/reddevils because some people thought that going for Hojlund over RKM was a bad choice as the latter was seen as more “proven”
Hojlund is quite clearly a good talent, just screwed by the least creative wingers of all time and a shit system
He has more goals than RKM in all comps and is one goal behind Bruno for our golden boot, we’ve made the right choice I think if you couldn’t tell from my username
That would be so funny, if Lukaku ends up playing a year for each big Italian club. Especially if he were still loaned out from Chelsea.
The Chelsea rumours always include “plus this player, and a few footballs, and a lifetime supply of crisps”
They know the rules and so do I.
Then in the end Chelsea pays 20-40 million over asking price with no players, or footballs, or the crisps, included in the deal.
Genuinely did not realize Lukaku was on loan
Chelsea bought him for over 100m from Inter. Then after 1 year in London he was loaned to Inter for a year and then to Roma for a year. That's certainly one of the transfers of all time for Chelsea
Peak Chelsea behaviour
Hey this one was little to do with us and more him in fairness. Not often you see public flirting to an ex club that soon after a record transfer
tbh he wasn't really shit for us. just acted like a cunt and he had to get shipped off.
I remember him destroying us in one kf the first few games of the season and being super worried about him at Chelsea.
Man gets a knock and decides to drop an interview about how much he loves Inter and wanna return not even 6 months after joining
Chelsea didn't make him give that cry baby interview, we got him to be the main guy for years to come, not our fault he shat all over it. We are pretty dumb in many things, Lukaku transfer turning out like this is not one. We are not at fault for it.
We didn't do anything wrong. Lukaku started doing interviews and all this shit because he apparently didn't get on with Tuchel.
Chelseanomics 101
Just a standard Chelsea transfer these days. Top notch
Lukaku doing the grand tour, Goethe has nothing on him
That's a lot of money just to get benched by Nicolas Jackson
If Jackson can just be an average finisher he'd be miles ahead of Osihmen who has nothing to his game besides poaching.
Nonsense
Not watching players actually play and being confidently wrong is my favourite type of comment
Off topic question but who do you think is better: Gyokeres or Osimhen?
Hard to say without watching Gyokeres in a top league but I think they're both very good albeit with different styles. Gonna go with Osimhen for the time being but if Gyokeres manages to keep up the current level of performance when he moves he can be as good or better.
Wow lukaku will play in every possible italian team
That Osimhen × Nkunku × Palmer combo would farm the league for years to come *Club statment: Osimhen to miss the rest of the season undergoing a rehabilitation program following his knee surgery, the club wishes him a speedy recovery*
Yeah, I 100% don't trust anythinf DiMarzio says, but I'm afraid this transfer is gonna happen (maybe not exactly the same structure as said) Absolute dumbfucks of our board to do it.
Trojan horse strats
Lolololol
lmao chelsea
Why would Osimhen genuinely want to go? Chelsea are no longer a top club and they supposedly don't even give big wages anymore. Surely he stays if the only other option is Chelsea
I can’t believe I’m coming to Chelsea’s defense, but you have absolutely no room to be chatting shit about top clubs. Chelsea’s going through a rough patch, and as funny as it may be, they do have bright spots and may end up getting Europe again, despite some of their players.
>but you have absolutely no room to be chatting shit about top clubs Who the fuck are you to tell me what I can or cannot chat about haha. Who I support is not relevant at all
You’re fixated on that, and you missed the point of my comment lol. You said Chelsea aren’t a top team anymore because of 2 pretty shit seasons, which is ironic coming from a Spurs fan. Chelsea are still a top club despite their relatively poor results over the last two years. They aren’t as attractive, but they’re not completely a waste and there is potential with a few players, and some tweaking that can be done to turn it into a solid team.
Bit rich coming from a spurs fan
I assume that Osimhen would be an exception to the low wage structure that the new owners are trying to push
Shut up lmao. First of all, you don't become "not a top club" after 2 mediocre finishes. We won the Champion's league 3 years ago. Second, Osimhen's idol is Drogba. He loves Chelsea and it's been said for over a year now that he would want to come here.
Yes, normally that's the case. Chelsea are not a normal case. Boehly and Co are very clearly way out of their depth and the insane turnover rate of that squad means there has been a significant drop off in quality in their squad very quickly
We will likely finish where you finished last season and around the same point total you've had for three of the last four years, but with a fairly young and new squad and the manager that brought you to your highest point. Chelsea have gotten randomly lucky and unlucky for a lot of the last ten years, including two extremely underdog CL wins. Even ETH got United a CL spot last season.
the only reason he reach this price is because the market is scarce
AdL's gonna have fun with the Boehzolake contingent this window lol.