[Football] Chelsea bid £105m for Enzo Fernandez

[Hamilton]

So, when will it stop?

Chelsea make £105m bid for Benfica's Fernandez

Chelsea make a 120m euro (£105.6m) bid for Benfica's Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez in a move that would break the British transfer record.

www.bbc.co.uk

This is ridiculous. Clearly Potter isn't influencing a long term transfer strategy in the slightest.

They will have spent £500m since Boehly came in. How is that fair play at all?

 

[Mellotron]

It does make you wonder if Potter was told what it was going to be like. Doesn't seem like a strategy to suit how he would want to build long term at all.

 

[Weststander]

Predictably from a FFP cheat of Mansour's ilk, by the week wholly abandoning the incremental Winstanley steps strategy.

The EPL is full of this shit. An arm's race of cheats.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

It does make you wonder if Potter was told what it was going to be like. Doesn't seem like a strategy to suit how he would want to build long term at all.

Hey, Gray-Ham, yeah we’ve got another one for you.

I get the impression that football purest GP isn’t a massive fan of this.

Imagine getting the squad alligned finally after a poor run and having to make promises to squad memeberd on position and game time then that fat oaf kicks the doors in at Cobham with another one in tow

 

[maresfield seagull]

It does make you wonder if Potter was told what it was going to be like. Doesn't seem like a strategy to suit how he would want to build long term at all.

I’m not so sure
seems predominantly young signings on long contracts
Just the impatience of the entitled fans may not permit him the time to develop them

 

[BBassic]

Hey, Gray-Ham, yeah we’ve got another one for you.

I get the impression that football purest GP isn’t a massive fan of this.

Imagine getting the squad alligned finally after a poor run and having to make promises to squad memeberd on position and game time then that fat oaf kicks the doors in at Cobham with another one in tow

They pronounce it more like Gram, don't they? Very weird sounding.

And Craig sounding like Creg. What's that all about?

Creg Gram.

 

[Simster]

Two things:

1) Chelsea's cheating and overspending makes it even funnier when they don't compete. I hope they almost go bust like Portsmouth.
2) As an aside, the highest non-PL transfer this January window is just £9.4m.

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

I’m starting to think I must be worth at least a million these days, and I struggle with stairs.

 

[Weststander]

I’m not so sure
seems predominantly young signings on long contracts
Just the impatience of the entitled fans may not permit him the time to develop them

Long contracts were to swerve FFP, well documented and UEFA are acting immediately to close that cheating.

Boehly's not spending these obscene sums to appease fans, he's doing to buy CL football and silverware for himself.

 

[Weststander]

Two things:

1) Chelsea's cheating and overspending makes it even funnier when they don't compete. I hope they almost go bust like Portsmouth.
2) As an aside, the highest non-PL transfer this January window is just £9.4m.

Nicked from another forum:

Chavs have spent more money this January than all clubs in La Liga, Seria A, Ligue 1 and Bundesliga combined.

 

[SUIYHP]

Hey, Gray-Ham, yeah we’ve got another one for you.

I get the impression that football purest GP isn’t a massive fan of this.

Imagine getting the squad alligned finally after a poor run and having to make promises to squad memeberd on position and game time then that fat oaf kicks the doors in at Cobham with another one in tow

“(Sucks teeth) It is what it is.”

 

[Solid at the back]

How does this transfer work? Chelsea have met his release clause and want to pay in installments, but Benfica want the fee up front. Surely for the the clause to be activated it requires the fee upfront?

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Another 7.5 year contract coming up

 

[maresfield seagull]

Long contracts were to swerve FFP, well documented and UEFA are acting immediately to close that cheating.

Boehly's not spending these obscene sums to appease fans, he's doing to buy CL football and silverware for himself.

OK and yes you re correct x 2
But if told you had the option to bring along elite ( potential until proven ) young ish talent as opposed to with us and our model
You can kind of see the attraction for Potter
that and the £££
Even if the small print of the deal is working out slightly differently
Do we really know what deal he was sold ?
Other than a vast incremental up shift in wages
Sustainable development obviously out the window
But what does GP do walk away
Its his bed to lye in until he gets booted out

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Gawd bless Chelsea for overheating this already-stupid EPL market. At this rate we'll have multiple players 'worth' £200M by the Summer

 

[Weststander]

OK and yes you re correct x 2
But if told you had the option to bring along elite ( potential until proven ) young ish talent as opposed to with us and our model
You can kind of see the attraction for Potter
that and the £££
Even if the small print of the deal is working out slightly differently
Do we really know what deal he was sold ?
Other than a vast incremental up shift in wages
Sustainable development obviously out the window
But what does GP do walk away
Its his bed to lye in until he gets booted out

Potter's angle, he'll love all this. He was making little progress. Boehly's set about buying half a new squad of the most sought after players in world football.

Guardiola thrives when Barca, Bayern or Mansour does that, any Chelsea coach worth his salt should now clock up win after win.

The EPL is more than gutless, it's complicit.

 

[Hamilton]

Nicked from another forum:

Chavs have spent more money this January than all clubs in La Liga, Seria A, Ligue 1 and Bundesliga combined.

F*ck me! That's mad.

No pressure then Gram.

 

[The Wizard]

Football is disgusting, what a horrible state.

 

[FatSuperman]

How does this transfer work? Chelsea have met his release clause and want to pay in installments, but Benfica want the fee up front. Surely for the the clause to be activated it requires the fee upfront?

FFP is about the amortisation though right? So it's the balance sheet that's key, not the cash flow. Benfica will get their money, and Chelsea can still depreciate over 5 (or whatever) years.

I think there is some differnece when you activate a buy out clause, but surely Chelsea can have a word with Benfica and say 'this 119.99 is our bid... it's not the buy out clause'. Depends on Benfica at that point I guess.

I hope Chelsea land this because it's going to make them look EVEN more pathetic.

 

[Springal]

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