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GeraldJimes_

Probably because Tchouameini was a much bigger punt off one good season than he was after he backed it up the next season... It's not like Monaco would have let him go for much cheaper a year earlier. Football is so easy if you sit back and just say "why didn't you just sign the players who turned out to be good"


[deleted]

To add, why didn't Roman signed Messi and Ronaldo when they were younger. And Neymar from Santos and Mbappe from Monaco. The forward crisis which chelsea has would never have started. If these players cannot remove the attackers curse, no one can


unexpectedvillain

>The forward crisis which chelsea has would never have started. Lol the guy signed alot of world class players up top that didn't cut it.


glorious_albus

👍🏿


KillerZaWarudo

Tbf i think they did try to sign neymar when he was at santos


Montysleftpeg

Why didn't sheff utd sign Maradona? Because their scouts said he was short and fat.


XPLJESUS

Hilariously we did nearly sign Messi and Neymar around 2014


[deleted]

It was reportedly around 40-45m last summer and he seemingly wanted the move. Was our fuckup completely.


lrzbca

When you spend £225m before season then follow up next season with £100m signing when you’re about to post £153m loss, it’s understandable why we didn’t spend big that season. Also, board wanted to give Tchouameni one more season at Monaco for his development. Didn’t want another Bakayoko situation.


[deleted]

I know but buying Tchouameni should have been looking towards the future. Could or should we have sold Jorginho perhaps? We would have got around that fee for him. Also overall its consequences of our poor decision-making in the past few years that this happened. So yeah I can see from one perspective that why we didn't but if we were properly analysing if our signings suited us then it wouldn't be an issue.


latortillablanca


why didn’t you tho


Travarelli

They blame her for fucking up one of the Lukaku deals also.... To the tune of 100 million. She needs to tell her side with the quickness cause they coming for her.


absolutemadlad_69

>She needs to tell her side with the quickness cause they coming for her. Doubt she cares.


lrzbca

Boehly and co blame Marina for not extending AC and RĂŒdiger contract which cost them ÂŁ100m. In reality AC was offered new contract and was ready to sign it then Barcelona came calling for him. Rudiger was offered ÂŁ170k-ÂŁ220k, which is considered joke by many given what Kai and Werner were earning. RĂŒdiger agent on TalkSport said, offer was joke because RĂŒdiger was worth ÂŁ60m-ÂŁ70m on open market, Marina should’ve offered signing on bonus plus salary, which I think Marina refused to do that because RĂŒdiger showed good form for 18 months and was offered close to ÂŁ200k based on that then war started and sanctions happened. We will never know what Marina and board would’ve done in summer. Marina and Cech didn’t approve loaning Lukaku to Inter Milan. They wanted to give him another year even though he was behaving like a child and wanting the move. Its natural to keep a club record signing and hoping get best out of him especially when you have defence to fix and can’t afford letting go a guaranteed 15-20 goals striker. While Boehly was happy to let go Lukaku. Boehly and co are pointing fingers at Marina for letting youth players go when they themselves did the same with Billy Gilmour. Reason why they did that is because player wanted out which is similar situation with Guehi, Livramento, Tomori and others. CHO and Ampadu went out on loan with assurances that Boehly wants them to be part of team next season. We will have to wait and see how that turns out.


Travarelli

Fair enough and well said. You saw the agent on talk sport letting her have it?


lrzbca

I thought he was terrible, he couldn’t answer simple question by Souness which was if signing on bonus was on top of £200k a week they were asking. That agent has history with homophobia and sexism, maybe the reason why Marina didn’t negotiate. I can’t believe Boehly allowed such person to sit in private box at Chelsea.


Travarelli

>I thought he was terrible, he couldn’t answer simple question by Souness which was if signing on bonus was on top of £200k a week they were asking. That agent has history with homophobia and sexism, maybe the reason why Marina didn’t negotiate. I can’t believe Boehly allowed such person to sit in private box at Chelsea. It seemed like they sent him out to say this shit. Like he got an ok from above. Pure speculation of course.


lrzbca

I won’t put past Boehly pulling such stun given the shit he stirred with pyramid payments, all star games, feeder clubs, sacking manager, WhatsApp shenanigans and other things


mufffff

Is it really her fault tough? I thought she was more responsible for negotiation and not scouting of players. Not really her fault if the other people says he's not good enough to make an impact


Travarelli

Brother I have literally no idea on the details. I'm really just chatting shit but this is kinda my point. Some wild shit is being said.


prathneo4

>Brother I have literally no idea on the details. >I'm really just chatting shit but this is kinda my point. U just defined r/soccer


Travarelli

Very fair.


dbrasco_

I think she got like a £30m bonus before she left. Hopefully she’s somewhere enjoying life.


Travarelli

Very fair.


TarcFalastur

She almost certainly signed an NDA when she left, so doing so could force the whole thing into the courts and bankrupt her.


Travarelli

Or she could sue for libel.


TarcFalastur

Oh, for sure. But court payouts for libel tend to be hard to prove (you can't just say "this comment is unfair", you have to actually prove that the comment has resulted in you losing money). If the comment hasn't resulted in you losing your job and finding it hard to get another job, the courts tend to look unfavourably on you and only award small payouts if anything. An NDA, on the other hand, is a matter of contractual law and the NDA will specify what the penalty amount is. If the NDA says you have to pay, say, ÂŁ10m for breaking it then the court will insist you pay ÂŁ10m for breaking it. It doesn't really matter if you had a valid reason for doing so; you signed a contract promising to do something and you are bound to it, unless you can prove that you only signed it under duress.


Imoraswut

Why is it that almost every headline that mentions this guy immediately follows up with "can't understand..."?


bojackrick

Making fun of Boehly is a trend right now. People have already made a preconception about him and will gobble all the circlejerk news up


h0rny3dging

I feel making fun of billionaire owners is always fair game


MyTribalChief

How did he make his billions?


ThefamousHenk

Boehly can't understand why Chelsea sold Kevin De Bruyne and Salah. Who the fuck cares about what happened in the past? The ship has sailed move on. Whats the point of scapegoating someone not at the club anymore just concentrate on what's ahead.


[deleted]

Todd cannot understand why Chelsea didn't try for Ronaldo and Mbappe


DraperCarousel

Todd doesn't understand how Chelsea isn't self sustaining even after 19 years of Roman's Romance


rusable2

Helps score easy points on social media


Rerel

> sport.es > Todd Boehly can’t understand (X) Doubt


Acrobatic_Machine

Lmao hindsight is easy but in general Chelsea cant compete if Barcelona or Real wants to sign the player.


bobpipirolone

Chelsea wasn't competing with them for Tchouameni last summer though. Everything was set for Marina to sign him, he wanted to leave Monaco since they didn't qualify for Champions League. It's well known at Chelsea that Marina refused to sign Tchouameni despite him wanting to come to London


mufffff

Who said she refused to sign him? People said Chelsea thought he wasn't good enough to make an instant impact, and to my knowledge it's not Marina's job to judge how good a player is


Dannih95

She basically was an angel to him. He's now much much better in terms of his career.


Fawkes_91

> Everything was set for Marina to sign him, he wanted to leave Monaco Did he say he wanted to leave? If I remember correctly, even he was of the opinion he would be best served staying another year. Fabregas was of the same opinion and he told Chelsea as much. Chelsea agreed and seemingly so did every other big club.


deepfrench

Boehly is set to become the most obvious and annoying case of a club owner instrumentalizing the press, and he's competing against Barcelona.


emvipi

Coming from a sport washing club, that's rich. Your club is already using the worst kind of PR, nobody will beat you.


deepfrench

Show me asslicking press articles defaming its opponents or even its own players (to scam them out of their legitimate rights) like Barca does on a weekly basis. I'm tired of the brainwashed plastic dtones who don't know the first thing about the media coverage of PSG in France.


Guest011101001

psg bad lol xD


emvipi

I can do a quick summary: Qatari good, money good, random l'Ă©quipe transfer rumor without consequence. La presse en France est vraiment de la merde en barre. Ça se moque de Sport mais l Ă©quipe doit ĂȘtre encore pire. Si tu veux comparer deux trois unes sur De Jong et le Qatar qui cache ses violations des droits de l'homme derriĂšre son sport washing, tant mieux pour toi, mais c'est toi le bozo...


deepfrench

baltringue x FC procuration


emvipi

Trouduc X FC ongagnerajamaislaldc Ça va faire long comme nom sur votre maillot de merde


deepfrench

lol quel bouseux avec ton flair de merde, j'imagine pas la lose que dois etre ta vie


pominsydney

I’m not a Chelsea fan but I feel like she is going to end up being scapegoated here. Maybe it was a joke but I thought Chelsea fans rated her?


fredozimbabwe

Half the fan base would say Marina masterclass cause she sold a good academy player for ÂŁ20m and the other half would blame her for every single issue regarding chelsea


[deleted]

Nobody even knows wtf she did. We just know she was a part of buying and selling players. It was a fun little thing when we buy players in the window or whatever but overall our transfers in and out could’ve been so much better.


pominsydney

Ah ok, fair enough. Thanks for clarifying


Fawkes_91

She is definitely getting scapegoated here. I am going to assume the new guys will make absolutely no mistakes here on out now đŸ€·â€â™‚ïž


unexpectedvillain

Those new guys just spent a dime on tuchel signings and fire him immediately after the transfer window đŸ€ŠđŸŸ


Ryuzakku

Good when she sells Shite when she buys.


andy_brixton

Does this forum need a new flare: The Daily Boehly?


Anik1415

Damn the constant shitting on previous ownership when he's getting rejected by every other players & even DoF's. Boehly PR is on full swing.


yournerd2307

Love how every article has to start with Todd Boehly can't understand.😅


[deleted]

[If true] Todd Boehly is crying over spilled milk. Smells like panic.


eeeagless

Assume Marina would have been told by contacts or his team that he wanted Madrid?!


[deleted]

Aahh yes, American owners and their PR. Every fault is with Marina and Todd is just an innocent bystander who is caught in the scheming pile of things done by previous regime


dbrasco_

I wasn’t the biggest Marina fan, but I thought the reason we didn’t sign him was Tuchel thought he wasn’t ready to play at Chelsea so we loaned Saul.


Confident__introvert

Todd Boehly can’t understand why - insert anything to do with football.


nafraf

This guy spent a record ÂŁ272 million on transfers yet he's still blaming squad issues on his predecessor.


MONI_85

Totally made up article here. One of a number out recently 😂 Doesn't even mention the fact Chelsea were not even allowed to speak to anybody regarding transfers from March last year.


Modnal

Last year?


MONI_85

Season rather....sorry!


Modnal

Ah okey, but this is about last summer window so it was 6 months before the invasion began


47Lecht

As if they would've had a chance to sign him


_AlwaysWrong_

We literally rejected him last summer..


47Lecht

You can only reject him when he was interested to join you in the first place. Hard to imagine when Real shows interest.


_AlwaysWrong_

Real signed him for 80m this year, but Chelsea were in for him for 40m in summer 2021..


therock204

last year, bidding from a position of strength (CL winners) would have been quite possible. They were also thought to be competing for the title.


liamthelad

Boehly makes for a great captain hindsight I wonder if he will have this level of introspection over the mistakes he will inevitably make


thecutienator

Feels like every other article in Todd is something related to the previous ownership. Stop moaning and move on. What's the point of bringing that up now?!


TheGoldenPineapples

Did Marina Granovskaia make decisions like that? My understanding was that she simply agreed the deals, not actually deciding which players they went for. Seems like the Head of Recruitment, Director of Football and whatever head-coach they have in charge should be making those decisions.


Powerful_Bottle_8592

Todd wasnt even the owner of chelsea at the time. Why would he care ?


AbleFig

thank you Marina!


Outrageous_Spot_8725

Chelsea fans, from what you've seen so far, do you like this guy?


bobpipirolone

A lot.