14 Aug 2020 16:16:26
All, I know I'm going to get a fair bit of stick for this post but I think if Chelsea offer us the right combination of players for Declan Rice we should consider it. I know people on here think Dec is worth £120 mil but in reality he is only worth what somebody is likely to pay. I put that amount at £80 mil given a fair wind. Therefore I would want from Chelsea £80 m - £90 mil worth of players in return. Not only that I'd want young hungry players, not Batashuyi or Barclay. Give us Tammy Abraham, Tomorii and Bakayoko plus 12 month loan of Ethan Amoadu and you might have a deal.

1.) 14 Aug 2020
14 Aug 2020 19:06:02
Have you thought about the wages bill? Moyse would need to have a successful clearout to afford that lot.

2.) 14 Aug 2020
14 Aug 2020 20:55:05
Markro, true buddy but then there would be a saving on transfer and agents fees . we’d also still need to move on players irrespective. For me the message it sends to so called big guns is don’t think you can tempt us with your s**t in order to get your hands on our quality. They’re disrespectful and patronising!

3.) 15 Aug 2020
15 Aug 2020 14:40:53
I prefer a deal of tammy, loftus cheek, gilmour, & ampadu. That would be just under 200k a week in wages. So with ajeti gone and if we can move yarmo, plus Rice's wages off the book we'd be well in the clear and have a young core to build around.

4.) 15 Aug 2020
15 Aug 2020 19:31:51
Swap deals don't work out that often now swapping 3-4 players is almost unfathomable too many things to go wrong that would ruin/ stop a deal being brokered.

5.) 19 Aug 2020
19 Aug 2020 13:18:39
Hi gents. If we lose Rice to Chelsea I don’t see the point in swapping for a multitude of players to be honest. Bakayoko had his chance and hasn’t impressed at Chelsea at all, Tammy Abraham I like, Tomori is a centre back and hasn’t featured much lately.
I don’t see how we can let a CM like Rice leave and replace him with one CM player Like Bakayoko who isn’t half the player he is, a centre back and a striker.
With Noble I’m tired legs, he really (in my opinion) has one full season left with us: if he retires and Rice is gone, I believe we would get overrun in midfield. If Chelsea want Rice, if want to money not players. If we got £80m we could buy a very decent DM player and perhaps one full back . 😁😁😁.

{Ed002's Note - Bakayoko is a very good player indeed but is not being offered to West Ham and is heading elsewhere. Abraham would be an interesting option as he is asking for more money than Chelsea are prepared to offer in a new contract at this time. Tomori would be a very good option but there have been approaches from other sides.}