Ben Chilwell Signs for Chelsea

[Nicolo Barella]

14 hours ago, Wymsey said:

Reckon that Lampard will deploy him sometimes as a LWB, in front of Alonso.

Alonso, who is a specialist LWB and useless elsewhere on the pitch, will be stuck at LCB to accommodate Chilwell in his position, who has not nearly enough end product for the role?

[Nicolo Barella]

12 hours ago, honeybradger said:

Depends who we replace him with, if we sell him for 50 then buy lewis for 20 then it's pretty poor business as lewis will need time to develop to chilwell's level, if we dont buy anyone and just play thomas and bank the 50 mil it could either be brilliant or a massive mistake, quite a big risk to take based on 3 appearances so not the right course of action imo, if we buy tagliafico for 25 mil it would be good business as we will have a player that suits us better short term and a potentially good long term option in Thomas. Still think we could have got more than 50 mil for chilwell though.

According to Percy we have further instalments coming in, plus performance related add-ons, so we are getting more than £50 million. The £50 million is just up front.

[Leicester_Loyal]

Any truth to this?

[Raw Dykes]

34 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

Any truth to this?

I'd be interested to see this interview if anyone finds it. Can't believe he'd admit to that.

[spacemunky]

I thought he made a major leap forward two seasons ago. Looked much more confident, but seemed to regress a bit this past season. Maybe all the rumours swirling about had something to do with it.

 

I wish Chilly the best at Chelsea.

 

 

[MPH]

3 minutes ago, spacemunky said:

I thought he made a major leap forward two seasons ago. Looked much more confident, but seemed to regress a bit this past season. Maybe all the rumours swirling about had something to do with it.

 

I wish Chilly the best at Chelsea.

 

 

 

 

think an ITK alluded to him having his head turned earlier this past season..

[Chrysalis]

20 hours ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

Any truth to this?

I think I made about 4-5 posts how the england squad is a tapping up ground, I personally think its obvious, if you check the history of last 40 years or so you can see there is a trend when a Leicester player breaks into england he either leaves or at least almost leaves.

[foxile5]

21 hours ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

Any truth to this?

If there is then I'd be fuming if I worked in the hierarchy at Leicester. 

 

It's tapping up without the risk of being exposed. 

[coolhandfox]

1 hour ago, foxile5 said:

If there is then I'd be fuming if I worked in the hierarchy at Leicester. 

 

It's tapping up without the risk of being exposed. 

Do you think we don't do the same? 

[UpTheLeagueFox]

1 hour ago, foxile5 said:

If there is then I'd be fuming if I worked in the hierarchy at Leicester. 

It's tapping up without the risk of being exposed. 

 

3 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Do you think we don't do the same? 

All clubs do it, let's not get overly moral about it

[foxile5]

5 minutes ago, UpTheLeagueFox said:

 

All clubs do it, let's not get overly moral about it

Just because it's prevalent doesn't mean it's okay. There are rules about it for a reason. 

 

For reference I'm not too concerned about losing BC. However, do we want Maddison on international duty if Rashford is going to be in his ear about a move to Utd? 

 

Put into another dimension - all politicians use their expenses account to buy personal stuff, let's not get too moral about it. All companies circumnavigate tax laws leaving the public to pay more, let's not get too moral about it. 

 

 

IF, and it is only if, but IF this November tapping up is true then it really shines a light on his performances this year. And in particular does beg the huge question if was his absence at the end of the year genuine or to safeguard a move he had planned for 8 months. If the latter then isn't our absence in the Top 4 resultant of 'tapping up' to some degree - we'd have been better with England's left back in the team. 

Edited 31 August 2020 by foxile5

[AyewJoking]

Youve got to be easily swayed if you let a bunch of footballers influence your career decisions.

He probably 90% had his mind made up anyway and im sure the fat pay rise is a factor regardless of whatever club you leave for.

[foxile5]

19 minutes ago, Royston. said:

Youve got to be easily swayed if you let a bunch of footballers influence your career decisions.

He probably 90% had his mind made up anyway and im sure the fat pay rise is a factor regardless of whatever club you leave for.

Odd stance. I let those around me influence my professional decisions. It would be more concerning if he were letting the stewards influence his decisions. 

 

The pay will have accounted I'm sure. 

[Leeds Fox]

2 minutes ago, foxile5 said:

Odd stance. I let those around me influence my professional decisions. It would be more concerning if he were letting the stewards influence his decisions. 

 

The pay will have accounted I'm sure. 

If he had thought about a move, it wouldn’t necessarily be tapping up if they’ve just spoken and said what it’s like at Chelsea, to live in London, etc. 
 

Players speak, most of them are mates and pretty much all of them want to play for the big clubs and earn the big bucks. 

[Fox in the North]

Really not too fussed about any of this now he’s left. Completely understand people wanting to leave to clubs in bugger competitions for more money. We can only offer so much. Also I imagine living in London is quite a pull for players in general.

[The whole world smiles]

1 hour ago, UpTheLeagueFox said:

 

All clubs do it, let's not get overly moral about it

Yeah agreed I'm sure Castagne has discussed Leicester with Praet and Youri at some point. 

[spacemunky]

I've never pulled for Chelsea('cept that one time) but I'm sorta liking their lineup these days.

[Guest Col city fan]

Quite simply I think the money for Chillers is fine.

BUT I think he’ll be exceptional under Lampard and the team he’s building 

[Bert]

On 27/08/2020 at 20:24, m4DD0gg said:

maddison signed that purely so we can command a bigger fee next summer when he leaves, no other reason what so ever, thinking otherwise is deluded fandom, he wants to leave

Well if he wants to leave, he forces the move and doesn’t sign another contract  

[UniFox21]

3 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

Quite simply I think the money for Chillers is fine.

BUT I think he’ll be exceptional under Lampard and the team he’s building 

Tbf for the amount they're spending you'd expect that team to be outstanding. 

[Matt]

24 minutes ago, Bert said:

Well if he wants to leave, he forces the move and doesn’t sign another contract  

I think you could well be a little naive there.

 

He's possibly realised (Or been told) we only loose one in a summer window, Chilwell being that player, so he's willing to playing the waiting game, may aswell get a pay rise by signing a new deal, plus i'm led to believe a bigger transfer fee commands bigger signing on fees, bonuses and wages at new club.

 

I make him favourite to leave next summer.

We all know how this all works by now.

 

Bizzare how it seemed to stall and go on for so long aswell, perhaps he wanted to assess the situation, see if anyone was seriously interested in him and/or who'd be the one we allowed to leave?

 

Seems our players engineer their exits and we as a club seem happy with that.

 

Just a shame we can't seem to get our act together with the knowledge on some kind of squad building and futureproofing.

 

Edited 31 August 2020 by Matt

[ealingfox]

Nobody's going to pay big money for Maddison though, he isn't good enough.

[Angus Scott]

I think Ricky will be the next one gone

[Hales]

I think Ricky will go next too. He has been vocal about wanting champions league. This transfer window was Chilly's "turn" and we only escaped the media circus for Ricky as he is injured. I suspect it will be Ricky next summer though 😢 I really hope not though! I think Madders and also Cags are both young and happy to grow and learn here.

[Silva Fox]

5 minutes ago, Hales said:

I think Ricky will go next too. He has been vocal about wanting champions league. This transfer window was Chilly's "turn" and we only escaped the media circus for Ricky as he is injured. I suspect it will be Ricky next summer though 😢 I really hope not though! I think Madders and also Cags are both young and happy to grow and learn here.

I think you're right sadly, unless we qualify for UCL of course!