Chelsea

[Vincent Vega]

Their new stadium is going to cost them £1bn, so I think that's why they have reigned it in.

 

Still doesn't explain them going for Carroll, completely bemused by that if it's true.

[Strontium]

Chelsea are the reigning champions, are sensibly run and are signing one of the few players to turn up for us in a cup final in the last decade, let's... mock them?

[Anubis]

I thought the reason Conte was going was precisely because he doesn't have control over transfers?

[Jose Jones]

Chelsea are the reigning champions, are sensibly run and are signing one of the few players to turn up for us in a cup final in the last decade, let's... mock them?

Well that’s some Shane Warne style shit you’ve got going for Andy Carroll there SD.

[Hades]

Raising this thread from the dead for two reasons:

 

1. Is it just me, or have Chelsea been ... well, a lot cheaper than they used to be over the last few years?

 

I mean, sure they've spent a lot on a few players like Kante, Morata, Batshuayi, Rudiger, and Luiz, but they've also sold some big-money players like Costa, Oscar, Ramires and Matic to do it. They seem to be looking for ways to scrimp and save money (like with Barkley, or getting Drinkwater instead of a big-money player like they would have 5 years ago, to take a couple of examples) more than before.

 

Not sure where I'm going with this, but it's just different, for them at least. Wonder if Abramovich is starting to lose interest. He sure isn't throwing money at the club like he was a decade ago, that's for sure.

 

2. There are strong rumours that Chelsea are going to buy Andy Carroll.

 

And that's obviously the main reason I'm resurrecting the Chelsea thread. Because, come on. We need a place to laugh at them if that actually happens, surely?

Why don't you ask the Russian proles you have so much contempt for on their opinion? It's their money.