It’s a shame, as he was a cracking young player coming through at city and then at Southampton.
I remember the frothing rage when we wouldn’t go over about £40m for him, and people were kicking off saying ‘They were willing to spend 100m on Caicedo. They’ve got the money! Just give them what they want!!’
Time and time again, the club prove they know best.
Sure but if ‘they knew’ they wouldn’t have been in for him at all. He looked like he’d have been the right signing for us at the time, hence the hopes that it would get done.
Lavia has been really good when he has played, back when Chelsea were our “closest challengers” it was based on Caicedo and Lavia playing to each other in midfield.
Unfortunately for him he just can’t stay healthy at the moment.
Think he’ll end up being another one of those “Chelsea rejects” that does well elsewhere.
They had a price they would not go above. Fans were screaming at them to just pay anything to get it done.
Mind you, I think Lavia would have been a bust even at the £40m Liverpool we’re rumoured to have gone to.
If he’s only good playing with Caciedo then there wasn’t much point.
The whole point was him or him oddly we signed someone else and he seems to have done more than them two as in Grav.
Selling stuff to yourself = profit, why did no one tell me I could do this?
What constitutes a football club? What is to stop owners selling off all the bits that don’t make money to another company they own? The wage bill? We’ve split that off into a separate company mate 
Next up, Chelsea sell their collection of signed Dennis Wise jerseys to BlueCo for 50m a shirt.
Not looked for it, but I suspect that the supporters groups of the club are somewhat concerned that their club assets are essentially being stripped out of the clubs portfolio, into others owned by Boehly. I know I would be if FSG started doing this as I see this as reactionary moves to avoid short term PSR breaches - longer term, surely this is damaging to the club.
I doubt that they’re that bright.
Yeah some fanbases would, Chelsea perhaps not. As long as he keeps signing shiny new toys they can brag about all summer and never see again.
Keep winning that transfer window.
Glad you think im bright though…thats what matters to me
Sort of like Barca selling levers.
UEFA not buying the women’s team sale profit bullshit. Chelsea trying to mitigate (aka grovel). A ban until FFP rules are followed should suffice.
PL allowing that is a fucking joke!!
“The money was just resting in the account…”
They do this while still buying a new toy every week.
The state of the pitch when/if Rugby Internationals are held and then football afterwards. Surely a non starter?
England play at best 6 home matches during the PL season, the Fall internationals and Six Nations. Neither of those are terrible growing periods, with a little bit of scheduling it should be manageable. The advanced turf/ grass fields like Anfield’s are far more resilient than just grass. The maintenance expense would not be trivial, but in the end it is a stadium that is empty for at least 5 months of the PL season
Palmer’s numbers this and that, but the guy was head and shoulders the best players on the pitch today.
Shame he plays for these c*nts.
Although he does look like one as well.
