Fab made a prat of himself there. Great reporting as usual.
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[Albion] Billy Gilmour SINGED on a four-year contract
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Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
blockhseagull
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And there was me thinking Fab according to some was the gospel.
Seems he isn’t as knowledgeable or as in the know as some like to make out.
Seems he isn’t as knowledgeable or as in the know as some like to make out.
Change at Barnham
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Although Gilmour has just been given a Premier League squad number by Chelsea (35)
Change at Barnham
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There's a lot of noise on social media from Chelsea fans wanting to keep Billy Gilmour instead of Conor Gallagher.
For that reason I would just loooov it if we signed him permanently just to annoy them.
I'm not sure if we actually need him, but it would be funny.
For that reason I would just loooov it if we signed him permanently just to annoy them.
I'm not sure if we actually need him, but it would be funny.
Superphil
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Justice
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Can we also sign Christian Pulisic in a double swoop, thanks TB 
The problem is, I don’t think Chelsea ‘do’ permanent transfers to us anymore after the profound robbery of Lamptey.
We tried with Livramento, the player wanted to come here but we couldn’t get our heads around the buy-back clause.
Then with Colwill, Chelsea didn’t really want to sell so a loan was the best we could do, even though we had the negotiating power as they were after Cucu.
If Gilmour leaves (and Gallagher too), you have to assume that there will be a buy-back. I just can’t see the club agreeing to that sort of control over our future transfer business.
So, expect to see Gilmour in a Palace or Southampton shirt come the end of the week. Both teams are able to compromise enough to get deals with Chelsea through.
Justice
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Didn’t Chelsea just sell someone with a matched highest bid buy back clause? Might be wrong, the buy back clause is fine but what if the player has no interest in going back to Chelsea?
Then they can't buy the player back.
Well, that's an end to it then, or should be. We move on.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Sounds like one of Romano's sources has stitched him up there with talk of a loan.
Machiavelli
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Chelsea have a squad bloated with players they've developed, many of which are talented youngsters, who want to play football and recognise that the likelihood of this increases if they are sold. It's not just about what Chelsea wants in this situation, especially because their squad is bloated, full of players that won't get any game time -- or, if they do, it's negligible. Players begin to gain the upper hand within this scenario as a consequence.
This is something for us to keep in mind for the future.
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A loan for a versatile CB and experienced, talented prospect with plenty of other PL interest with no loan fee was the “best” we could do.
Well, it was, wasn't it?
Indeed.
It was one of the common misunderstandings about buy-back clauses, but indeed the player could just say no - obviously there's a ****load of laws preventing him from being forced to change his employer (and thus in some cases forcing the player to move to another country etc - there's probably some UN shit preventing that).
Another one is that the club couldnt sell him to another club. But if Chelsea had a £60m buyback clause or something, Brighton could still sell him for £50m or £70m to Melchester Rovers. All it means is that if Chelsea pay £60m, Brighton will be forced to accept the bid.
blockhseagull
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Well bearing in mind he was never for sale yes
Exactly!
Perfidious Albion
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Well, they had better be quick in making up their minds, with just 2 days to go…
Would it be the first time a player left Chelsea for Brighton so as to move up the League?
Would it be the first time a player left Chelsea for Brighton so as to move up the League?
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
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We signed Welsh goalkeeper John Phillips in 1980 when we were a division above Chelsea. Transfermarkt has him joining us directly from Chelsea, but Wikipedia seems to suggest he played for Crewe briefly after leaving Chelsea before joining us. So he might not have been signed from Chelsea.
Other than that Chris Hutchings is probably the closest to a sideways move but Chelsea would have been a few places above us in the second division when he joined in November 1983.