[Albion] Where is Moises going? (Chelsea - 14/08/2023)

[MJsGhost]

It seems the Reds are the so-called mystery bidder for Moises, supposedly offering £80m + when the wouldn’t pay £88m for Bellingham.

Unexpectedly losing Fabinho (and therefore having an extra £40m to spend) would explain attempts to sign another (expensive) midfielder.

I also think that Bellingham already had his heart set on Real Madrid, so Liverpool stepped away citing cost to save face rather than trying for a player they knew they wouldn't get even if they made a big bid.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Textbook.

Attention-seeking berk.

And YES, I'd say exactly the same if he was wanging on about a player Brighton were trying to buy.

 

[dwayne]

Attention-seeking berk.

And YES, I'd say exactly the same if he was wanging on about a player Brighton were trying to buy.

He's the only reporter I've ever seen laughed at by RDZ.

Absolute gimp.

 

[Wozza]

He's the only reporter I've ever seen laughed at by RDZ.

Absolute gimp.

Was amazed when Barber gave him time for an interview.... and then some Albion podcast invited him on a guest.

Talk about not reading the room.

 

[WhingForPresident]

Textbook.

This guy is beyond parody. Absolute helmet.

 

[NorthstandRacoon]

they are deluded MUGS

 

[GrizzlingGammon]

Is Chelsea's tactic to spend as much as they want on any number of players, tie them in to long contracts, so that when they get hauled up, fined and transfers blocked, they have a load of quality players and won't care? The PL won't do anything. UEFA may do some small fine.

 

[severnside gull]

Apparently Chelsea plan another bid at 90m which seems beyond pointless not to say insulting given they know what is needed and that Bloom won’t sanction a deal for less

 

[Icy Gull]

Apparently Chelsea plan another bid at 90m which seems beyond pointless not to say insulting given they know what is needed and that Bloom won’t sanction a deal for less

Upmarket Burnley bidding, fingers crossed it has the same outcome.

 

[Triggaaar]

Is Chelsea's tactic to spend as much as they want on any number of players

Boehly was told that the leagues in England work differently than in the US - for example, you can get relegated out of the league, which doesn't happen with leagues like the NFL. He was intrigued by this difference. He asked how come Man City won the league, and he was told 'because they spent the most money'. Whilst true, Boehly has misinterpreted this as meaning that results on the pitch do not actually matter, and Chelsea automatically win the League if they spend the most money.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Textbook.

Straight out of the Romano school of covering all bases, can say he was right if Moises stays with us. Can also claim he was right if we do sell him. Covering all bases.

 

[Seasider78]

they are deluded MUGS

What makes me laugh about all of these ‘updates’ is they try and make out Chelsea are still in control of the situation and in some way we may buckle to their valuation. Simply cannot cope with being bullied around by a ‘small club’.

For all the bluff and bollocks it’s simple Tony wants over £100m and until someone offers that he ain’t going nowhere

 

[SeagullinExile]

Apparently Chelsea plan another bid at 90m which seems beyond pointless not to say insulting given they know what is needed and that Bloom won’t sanction a deal for less

I’m pretty sure we haven’t told them what’s needed tbh. The £100m quoted is press talk. We may want £110m or more for all we know. We do don’t put a public figure on any of our players.

 

[dazzer6666]

I’m pretty sure we haven’t told them what’s needed tbh. The £100m quoted is press talk. We may want £110m or more for all we know. We do don’t put a public figure on any of our players.

Definitely…..if we’d been that explicit then there wouldn’t have been so many bids. PB sits and waits, bid arrives, does meet the unknown (to the bidder) figure, gets declined. Rinse and repeat.

 

[spalding seagull]

Definitely…..if we’d been that explicit then there wouldn’t have been so many bids. PB sits and waits, bid arrives, does meet the unknown (to the bidder) figure, gets declined. Rinse and repeat.

Judging by recent betting changes are we about to see a deal involving Connor Gallagher

 

[kevo]

Ben Jacobs literally just makes stuff up.

 

[The Pilsbury Echo]

Judging by recent betting changes are we about to see a deal involving Connor Gallagher

Not being pedantic Spalding...can you give a bit of substance to comment.

 

[spalding seagull]

Not being pedantic Spalding...can you give a bit of substance to comment.

Betting on Connor Gallagher moved from 40-1 to 8-1 this afternoon

 

[faoileán]

Chelsea's approach to getting Caciedo has been a fiasco; so he's their number one target but they come in with a bid of £70m, the same as what we turned-down from Arsenal in January. Weeks have passed since, time during which Moises could have gone through pre-season with Poch and his players; but no, they come back with another bid which was also sure to be rejected. We don't know what Tony's selling price is, but I'm sure if Chelsea had thrown in Colwill and £70m they'd have got Caciedo weeks ago. Meanwhile we have to put-up with whiney Chelsea fans moaning that we've disrespected them simply because we haven't rolled-over. Embarrassing...

 

[Acker79]

Chelsea's approach to getting Caciedo has been a fiasco; so he's their number one target but they come in with a bid of £70m, the same as what we turned-down from Arsenal in January. Weeks have passed since, time during which Moises could have gone through pre-season with Poch and his players; but no, they come back with another bid which was also sure to be rejected. We don't know what Tony's selling price is, but I'm sure if Chelsea had thrown in Colwill and £70m they'd have got Caciedo weeks ago. Meanwhile we have to put-up with whiney Chelsea fans moaning that we've disrespected them simply because we haven't rolled-over. Embarrassing...

Has it, though? Yes, we turned 70m down in January, but a lot of clubs don't like doing business in January, and with Arsenal looking going for Rice and seemingly not coming back in for Caicedo, Liverpool seemingly not prepared to spend big and Utd and City not declaring a strong interest, Brighton might have looked at a 70m bid from Chelsea as the only chance of getting such a fee. Caicedo (or his agents) had made a noise to leave in January, so there was a clear desire for him to go, the De Zerbi had noted an expectation that he would go after the final match of the season. It's not so insultingly low an offer in that context.

As others have noted, Brighton don't put a price tag on their players. We listen to a bid and say yay or nay. No club should be go in with over the top bids for players when they could possibly get them for significantly lower. So it's in Chelsea's interest to gradually increase the bid. 70m turned away instantly was apparently followed by an 80m bid. That's a significant increase, it's not like 70m was laughed off and they came back with a 70.1m bid.

Put the transfer rumour circus to one side (as one would suspect Barber et al and Boehly et al are doing, which includes putting aside the 100m "price tag") and it's playing out in a fairly standard manner.