Almost certainly you're right, but it's reassuring to remember that the hedge fund backed US billionaires and middle eastern sovereign wealth funds will pull through
Yeh, we're likely to need more players if we're in Europe, but it's less clear we'll need to pay higher wages than if we weren't there.
If anything our bargaining position as a prospective signing club increases. The prospect of Euro football on the CV might act as a counterweight to the...
I'm not so sure they will get the prices they think they will get.
Firstly, clubs know that Chelsea are over a barrel here. Secondly these players will be on wages which will make prospective buyers think twice, and even if they do take the plunge are likely to modify the fee offered...
For any of the senior players to make a move, to us or anywhere probably, they are going to have to take a pay cut. I think they will mostly just hang around and collect their wages and continually drag the club down.
I think Chelsea will be forced into selling some young talent that they...