Chelsea getting Xhaka & Wharton in the same window would be nuts. Ideal age group balance
Similar profiles stylistically too for that LCM role while they share minutes simultaneously across the season
Wharton also gets to learn more about the DLP role by having Xhaka AND Alonso as mentors would be important for his development long term
Chelsea should follow how Real Madrid are controlling the future path of Nico Paz.
They didn't lie to him and call him untouchable, they know he needs to play to grow.
Sold him with a buy back, do the same with Josh Acheampong to Crystal Palace.
I trust Boehly and Co. to use Elliot Anderson’s valuation as a reference. They’ll add Enzo Fernández’s World Cup medal, Club World Cup medal, Young Player of the Season award and back to back seasons with 25 goal contributions to demand a £170m base fee. 😂
🚨🔵 Moisés Caicedo on Enzo Fernández leaving Chelsea:
🗣️ “It’s a decision he’s made, and it’s not something that happened overnight. I think he wants to try a different path and I don’t see anything wrong with that.”
🗣️ “If he was still fully committed to staying here, then it would be a completely different conversation. But you can’t force a player to keep loving a project once his mind is elsewhere.”
🗣️ “Honestly, I wanted us to go a long way together. We came here with big dreams, we wanted to dominate the midfield for years and become Chelsea legends together.”
🗣️ “But football has its own way of changing plans. Sometimes the people you start the journey with aren’t the ones you finish it with.”
🗣️ “Now it’s my responsibility to keep fighting for this badge. I hope the team bounces back as soon as possible because this club belongs at the very top.”
🗣️ “As for me, I still have one dream—to become a Chelsea legend. That’s why I came here, and that’s why I’ll keep giving everything for this club.”
🗣️ “People will always leave, new players will always arrive, but my commitment hasn’t changed. I want to stay here for a very long time and build something special with Chelsea.”
🚨🔵 BREAKING: Marco Palestra to Chelsea, here we go! Verbal agreement in place between all parties.
Atalanta to receive package over €55m fee plus sell-on clause, long term deal to Italian talented RWB.
Chelsea hijack Inter move and get new talent for Xabi Alonso.
🚨 Zlatan Ibrahimović: “If I were Cristiano Ronaldo and João Neves came to training after that interview, he wouldn’t have legs to play football again.”