They do. It just highlights how bloated the squad is. Hopefully, they crash out in the first stage.
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[Football] Chelsea - what a bunch of tubes
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They do. It just highlights how bloated the squad is. Hopefully, they crash out in the first stage.
pigmanovich
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I'm with you on that.
By contrast, I hear Spurs haven't filled all their spots for the first half of their UEL campaign.
Blues Guitarist
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Instead of selling the hotel, could it have played in midfield?
Player costs are spread over multiple financial seasons, as any dullard will tell you.
So £76m covers a lot of installments.
They've have shedloads of player sales too. £150m?
Looks like they're making things work, annoyingly.
origigull
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I think I read somewhere that they only sold the hotels, NOT the revenue stream.
It's not all as it seems; to sell Maatsen (for £37.5m), they had to buy Kellyman (£20m
) as part of the deal. They sold Lukaku for less than his book value, so didn't profit there.hampshirebrightonboy
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PSR did not cover all eventualities but how could they have forecasted that some clubs might get relegated?
Greeko
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Really hope they don’t crash out in the group stage could cost us a European place next season
Withdean South Stand
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How in the name of financial crimes is that logical or even possible?!
I thought they were trying to get the wage bill down by doing this. New signings on slightly less wages than existing ones. At least that's a logic explanation but Todd doesn't really do logical does he?
Silverhatch
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That's exactly what Clearlake want to do. They offer total value contracts over a long period. It's a hedge model for the player and their advisors. Caicedo got an increase over his Brighton package (but nowhere near as inflated as some suggested) - but the attraction will have been e.g. £100k a week over an 8 year period. They'll be all manner of performance and break clauses built in but if Caicedo plays his part he knows that he has a contract worth £41.6m.
Chelsea is quite likely a money laundering operation for Clear Lake capital . Players are simply assets to be bought and sold . The whole set up maybe based on doing as many transactions as possible . Stupid as their actions may seem it is much bigger than Chelsea football club. And part of a plan - these people are cleverer than they look
London Pompous
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Lovely club, Chopper Harris chip off the old block etc.
Is it all about to collapse? Or all part of the plan....:
Chelsea FC’s Backers Clearlake and Todd Boehly Weigh Ownership Options https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...rlake-and-todd-boehly-weigh-ownership-options
Chelsea FC’s Backers Clearlake and Todd Boehly Weigh Ownership Options https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...rlake-and-todd-boehly-weigh-ownership-options
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
'Both Clearlake and Boehly remain committed to the club and running it in a professional manner'
Wow! Beggars belief. What must their idea of unprofessional be if they believe they are running it well?
