Whole world rooting against us, hyped up the Azteca and altitude all week, cartel on speed dial, saying we can’t handle the atmosphere, let’s have it 🏴
As we shouldn’t. This isn’t failing Alonso, £30m for a 34 year old is stupid & the club shouldn’t be chastised for not paying it.
They do a lot wrong I agree, but this isn’t one of them.
Xhaka for £15m is good business, Xhaka for £25m+ is horrible business, Alonso make if work with the midfield options you have.
Santos, Enzo, Caicedo, Essugo and Lavia is top tier.
You can’t overspend for the sake of “leadership” and a squad player
Not getting Xhaka isn’t the end of the world - but they have to get experienced targets over the line.
If they don’t - ppl will be vindicated in claiming nothing has actually changed
The Granit Xhaka saga will tell us how much these owners have or haven’t changed.
Whether they understand not every transfer needs to be about resale value, and if they know what it takes to build a winning team.
A big test very early into the Xabi Alonso era!
- Cole Palmer
- Reece James
- Moises Caicedo
Chelsea have given new contracts to their best players but now Enzo Fernandez and his agent Pastore messed theirs up.
Nobody wants to sign him, all that public harassment just to go get embarrassed and turned down? Shame on them.
Pastore might be the worst agent in the history of agents.
Gave Madrid the ick with all that talking.
Cooked Enzo’s renewal talks.
Enzo throw this clown under the bus…
It's possible that Javier Pastore was using Real Madrid to get the wages he was demanding from Chelsea.
He has lost that leverage. Poor agent. Enzo isn't cheap, and he has only two options: find a club to pay £120m or renew on Chelsea's terms.
It looks like the second option is the most viable at the moment.
Real Madrid say they have no intention of signing Enzo Fernandez this summer.
Honestly, I am absolutely bored of all this. He is a good player, but he is not worth all this drama. His agent is a joke.
I hope Chelsea can find a solution.