Quote from: KTChampions on Today at 09:05:50 PM

Quote from: FanEagle on February 13, 2023, 09:48:51 PM

The fact that they spent 500+ million pounds on transfer and still saying that they are lacking a position is beyond funny to me. If you gave me 500 million pounds today, and gave me a team with zero players in it, I would have built you a team that had at least as much points as Chelsea, who knows maybe even better.

I do not say this because I think I would be a great president or anything, you could probably do it too, any of you, it's really the bare bottom you could do how they are doing right now, I highly doubt that too many people would do any worse, specially if you played any managerial games, you would know that you would be 9 times in a row UCL champions with that budget, but to be fair in real life at least as bad as Chelsea to be realistic.

Your point is clear, but you underestimate inflation and the extent to which player prices are inflated. According to transfermark, even weak clubs have squads worth 300-400 million (as I understand it, the most successful is Fulham with a squad value of ~250 million). Moreover, this is the "virtual" cost of the player and not the real one for which it can be bought. I think that 500 million now is too little to build a team from scratch.

500 Million cant build a competitive first eleven talk less of a complete squad. Sadly that is how money eaten into football. Some of these clubs you see with little valuations are not that competitive and only spring surprises when they get one or two excellent academy graduates from their ranks. A fifty million player this days is considered just above average. This current Chelsea team need time to adapt to the league and also to understand themselves. The only problem now is, is potter the right man.

Quote from: AverageGlabella on Today at 10:33:16 PM

No team is going to pay Mason Mount 300 million and I think he knows it. I think he is using the contract negotiations to get out of Chelsea because of their performances because they are not going to be in the champions league next season and I think that is what Mason Mount is concerned about. He will try to get sold so that he can play for a team that is in the champions league. I think Chelsea could be in trouble because they have lost the finances because of the war of Ukraine and they are playing very poor and will start losing players. If Mason Mount does leave then other players could follow him and abandon the sinking ship.

Mason Mount has not justified the demand in wage increase I think he has been part of the problem for Chelsea for a long time and thinks he is bigger then the club. Chelsea might still get a good fee for him if they sell him in the summer I guess it depends on how much money he is going to ask the club that tries to sign him but as I said I do not think he will be demanding that money if they are competing in the champions league.

I doubt the originality of these news. I think Mount is asking for 300k per week wages and not this 300 million spreading around. Even though the wages is also still high to me but I think he needs a new contract extension because this is his worst season since joining the first team. This poor season might be because of the role he is currently playing. He doesnt have the quality to be an AM but could provide better depth at the wing positions