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[Albion] Marc Cucurella *Signed For Chelsea 05/08/2022*
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Justice
Dangerous Idiot
Thank god we didn’t sign Nunez a couple of seasons ago an £80m sale might of gave some a stroke 
Boy, did that get short shrift from PB at the fans' forum. Polite, friendly, smiling - but basically translating as 'no f***in' chance!'With £50 million+ coming in does that mean the fee for printing tickets at home can be reduced or removed?
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Must be a musical lot up there at Chelsea.
AmexRuislip
Retired Spy 🕵️♂️
Agent bollox!
tigertim68
Well-known member
- Sep 3, 2012
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I remember at the end of last season the pundits were saying do Brighton want to push on in the Premier league , it looks like after selling our best two players we don’t want to push on , I can’t see us having such a good season as last year , probably back to 40 points , but with loads of money in the bank
Gabbiano
Well-known member
How much further can we push on? Our limit realistically, is challenging for Europe every few seasons, as have clubs like West Ham, Burnley, Southampton in the past (Leicester was a fluke). There is now so much money at the top end of the PL that we would never be able to break in without bankrupting ourselves.
Enjoy the heights we are at now, they won't last forever and you'll miss them when they're gone.
Brok
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- Dec 26, 2011
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Baldseagull
Well-known member
Not sure we have sold our two best players, lets see, but I would be surprised if we drop off massively on last seasons points total. Potter will find a way to make it work with the players he has.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
That ‘loads of money’ isn’t in the bank, it’s offsetting the debts.
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Guy Fawkes
The voice of treason
- Sep 29, 2007
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One of the 2 sold would be leaving the following season on a free anyway as their contract ran out with zero chance of them signing a new one here.
The other's gone for a massive fee which allows us to either re-invest in other potential gems, to help fund the retention of other key players in the side 9so we don't have to trim to meet budgetary restrictions of things like FFP) or to be able to spend on other areas of the squad that may have needed attention (maybe not immediately, but it allows us to try to sign targets should the right players become available as we will have funds available)
It also means that those players may choose us over other potential destinations because they can see we potentially offer a route to some of the biggest clubs in the league and are less likely to find it hard to get game time as opportunities in the match day squad open up. (Would the chance of Nunez picking us over Benfica have increased if we had that sort of track record of helping players get moves to big clubs like Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs, he may well have still chosen Benfica, but we'd have been less of an outside bet.)
We earn about a quarter of the Champions league side from tv money and earn less than other sides were up against who also get to compete in the other European cup competitions and so by selling players for big fees, it helps us to close that gap in finances and helps enable us to compete for a better calibre of players who may otherwise have been out of our price range (if we hadn't sold Ben White for £50m, would we have been able to sign Cucurella?) or may have previously turned us down as they'd have seen us more as a dead end destination but now see us as a great option
Besides, our upturn in form and performance came when Mwepu and Caicedo started against Arsenal, as it greatly improved the balance of the team and meant we offered a threat from the centre of the pitch rather than just from the wings as we did before that tactical change. They only started playing regularly late in the season and we have a whole season ahead with them in the side, so improvement is possible (it would be interesting to see the effect they had on chances created and conversion rates)
banjo
GOSBTS
I’ve noticed in one of the papers today that Cucurella now has a WAG. He’s definitely made the big time.
herecomesaregular
We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
My two penneth:
- Thank **** that's over with, it was getting tiresome.
- An obscene amount of money, really obscene in today's world...
- but bloody hell well done the Albion for getting it, I guess.
- Seemed a nice bloke and played well for us but didn't seem overly influential (no more so than Biss, Mwepo, Caicedo on their day).
- No great feelings about him though as it was only one season (again a massive massive fee for just ONE v good season. Quite risky for Chel$ea if it was an anomaly!).
- No bitterness either. I always felt the tears and teh heart sign were into the camera and for his family not the fans.
- Solly has been a decent enough stand in as LWB, sometimes plays a blinder but mostly solid and decent enough (especially short term).
- Thank **** that's over with, it was getting tiresome.
- An obscene amount of money, really obscene in today's world...
- but bloody hell well done the Albion for getting it, I guess.
- Seemed a nice bloke and played well for us but didn't seem overly influential (no more so than Biss, Mwepo, Caicedo on their day).
- No great feelings about him though as it was only one season (again a massive massive fee for just ONE v good season. Quite risky for Chel$ea if it was an anomaly!).
- No bitterness either. I always felt the tears and teh heart sign were into the camera and for his family not the fans.
- Solly has been a decent enough stand in as LWB, sometimes plays a blinder but mostly solid and decent enough (especially short term).
doogie004
Well-known member
Lol interested to know who you rate higher than bissouma and Cucurella
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Baldseagull
Well-known member
I believe Caicedo will be a better player than Biss, however that is not yet proven, but from what we have seen so far it looks likely. We will struggle for a better LWB than Cucurella, but I think we would miss Sanchez more. As I said, not sure we have just sold our two best players, two of our better players undoubtedly, but lets see how Mac Allister, Sarmiento, Mwepu, Caicedo, Mitoma, Trossard, Enciso, Lamptey, Undav, Kozlowski, Moder when he comes back, and even a rebuilt Welbeck get on this season.