20 Apr 2026 07:39:01
{Ed's Note - Greenaway has posted a new article entitled, Chelsea's Bigger Problem Behind the Scenes
1.) 20 Apr 2026
20 Apr 2026 08:53:00
The bigger problem is them carrying debt and interest ridden debt - it's not sustainable and when blue-co decide to piss off they will leave Chelsea with nothing left.
2.) 20 Apr 2026
20 Apr 2026 09:16:13
Missing out on CL football again will surely force them into a bit of a clearout to raise some money? They have a few club trained players they could cash in on and I wouldn't hate the idea of us signing Colwill.
I read somewhere, though, that he along with Caiceido are on the verge of signing new contracts. If so, it will be interesting to see what length they give them - 10, 15, 20 years?
{Ed001's Note - Colwill has had far too many injuries to be worth buying.}
3.) 20 Apr 2026
20 Apr 2026 09:30:39
Caicedo signed a new contract last week. It goes all the way up to 2033. I suspect Enzo is the player they will sell for big money, considering he gave that infamous interview saying he would love to live in Madrid.
4.) 20 Apr 2026
20 Apr 2026 10:00:36
Not sure how much profit Chelsea will get off Enzo.
Didn't they sign him for 100 mill over an 8 year contract, so roughly 12.5 mill a year. If they sell in the summer, they still have something like 63 million of him on their books. So even at 100 mill it's only 37 mill in profit for the books.
5.) 20 Apr 2026
20 Apr 2026 10:07:39
Hato played well against Utd, I thought. I know we were interested in the past, would cover lcb and lb for us. I've only seen him a couple of times at Chelsea, but when I have seen him, he looks good.
6.) 20 Apr 2026
20 Apr 2026 10:25:21
Oh Hato is a generational talent, on Football Manager 26! That's how Chelsea buy all their young players!
7.) 20 Apr 2026
20 Apr 2026 11:03:11
ShipleyKopite, those Suge Knight type Deathrow record deals/contracts are a real thing at Chelsea, mate.
8.) 20 Apr 2026
20 Apr 2026 13:04:48
JK23, I believe the rules may have changed a couple of years back where the transfer value of a player is amortised over the first 5 years of the contract, regardless of how long it is for. I'm pretty sure it was Chelsea that forced that rule change when they started giving out 8-year contracts as standard.
If that's the case, they're probably about £60m into it by now, so anything over £40m would be profit. Not sure if they'd get their £100m back if they sold him (as it looks like it would be to Real, and we all know how much they love paying out transfer fees), but they'd still make a profit.
9.) 20 Apr 2026
20 Apr 2026 14:04:05
Oli, man, don't bring the Crips and Bloods into this. ?
10.) 20 Apr 2026
20 Apr 2026 15:24:05
ArAy1969, I think we're good. They signed a truce years ago, I read somewhere. Real talk.