So Xhaka to Chelsea is off. Another Maignan situation. Won’t over pay for experience but will overpay for everything else. Whatever Chels, great way to back your manager
I got called a conspiracy theorist last summer for saying our ownership don’t actually want experienced players.
Just done the same with Xhaka as they did with Maignan.
Say they want experience but bid absolutely nothing for them because they don’t actually want them. 👍
chelsea offered £10m for a player that was signed to a club last year for nearly double that, is club captain and player of the season for said club and are under no obligation to sell. masterful negotiators as per.
Enzo’s agent Javier Pastore is waffling some nonsense isn’t he. Not only is it embarrassing for him and Enzo, it’s super unprofessional as well. If Enzo wants to leave Chelsea, cool, get a team to bid the money instead of talking nonsense in public
Good to call Maresca out properly but important that we don’t lose track of the two more important points
1) nobody forced them to make the situation worse by hiring Rosenior
2) that your manager resigned to join a rival is not something to parade about. It’s embarrassing
So Chelsea’s transfer policy is just downright cronyism. That explains most of the signings, no need to brief them as ‘data driven’, ‘heavily scouted’ etc. it’s pure unadulterated agent favours, cronyism and nepotism from Joe Shields.