Ben Chilwell

[Nicholas91]

Story in The Sun that we are watching/interested in him.

Would make sense (to me anyway) and perhaps worth a thread... given The Sun is such a reliable news outlet.

Chilwell chased by two Prem rivals despite being welcomed back into Chelsea fold

CRYSTAL PALACE and Ipswich are both tracking Ben Chilwell and could make a move for the defender in January. The full-back almost left Chelsea over the summer but stayed at Stamford Bridge after fa…

www.thesun.co.uk

 

[ASCPFC]

Obviously, a good player. Would we buying or loaning? Maybe loan with an option to buy. Chelsea might prefer Ipswich to us, however, but I bet Chilwell would prefer London.
I would expect him to start over Mitchell.

 

[Eagleman13]

Obviously, a good player. Would we buying or loaning? Maybe loan with an option to buy. Chelsea might prefer Ipswich to us, however, but I bet Chilwell would prefer London.
I would expect him to start over Mitchell.

Can't loan him as we have used up our loan spots with Chalobah & Turner.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Good player but his wages would be an issue (reportedly £200,000 a week). If he wants a move he'll probably have to accept a hefty cut - not many clubs will be able/willing to pay that much.

 

[grumpymort]

Good player but his wages would be an issue (reportedly £200,000 a week). If he wants a move he'll probably have to accept a hefty cut - not many clubs will be able/willing to pay that much.

His injury record is not great either.

Chelsea would want a fairly high fee as well

 

[Crystal_Clear]

He is 27 so in his prime years, but there are some serious considerations.

(1) On very high wages at present
(2) Has bad injury record
(3) Will have reasonably high transfer fee
(4) Little resale value
(5) Will probably alert bigger clubs if fee / wage demand is reduced.

I don't think it's worth the financial risk.

 

[DANGERCLOSE]

If we could get him on the cheap and lower his wages might be the player we need

 

[beak]

Can't loan him as we have used up our loan spots with Chalobah & Turner.

The answer to that conundrum might be to buy Tuner(cheap, I think) and loan Chilwell.

 

[Badger11]

If we could get him on the cheap and lower his wages might be the player we need

He would have to take an enormous pay cut, I suspect if a deal was to be done other clubs that pay more would be interested.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

The answer to that conundrum might be to buy Tuner(cheap, I think) and loan Chilwell.

Except we can't have two loan players from the same club.

 

[Badger11]

Except we can't have two loan players from the same club.

Agreed. So either we sign Chalaboah or send him back. If we send him back Chelsea wont be happy so why would they do us any favours.

My guess is Chalaboah will continue on loan until the end of the season. He has shown promise but also made mistakes so I think it too early to start talking about buying him.

 

[Eagleman13]

Agreed. So either we sign Chalaboah or send him back. If we send him back Chelsea wont be happy so why would they do us any favours.

My guess is Chalaboah will continue on loan until the end of the season. He has shown promise but also made mistakes so I think it too early to start talking about buying him.

Agreed. Don't forget, Richards is now available & Riad should be in a couple of weeks. Richards is probably the more versatile as he can & has played across the back 3 whilst Riad is predominantly right sided, so they would give us more depth & cover at the back.

 

[beak]

Except we can't have two loan players from the same club.

Then transfer Chilwell to a friendly club and after ten minutes send him to us.

 

[ASCPFC]

Then transfer Chilwell to a friendly club and after ten minutes send him to us.

I don't think they're that desperate to help us.

 

[Badger11]

Then transfer Chilwell to a friendly club and after ten minutes send him to us.

Your thinking about another left back in the 1980's 😀

 

[beak]

Your thinking about another left back in the 1980's 😀

I am.

 

[MrRobbo]

Good player but his wages would be an issue (reportedly £200,000 a week). If he wants a move he'll probably have to accept a hefty cut - not many clubs will be able/willing to pay that much.

This is the issue. Unless he's willing to take a cut, he'll probably just sit out the rest of his career.

that being said, if Chelsea would let him go for free, I'm sure someone (not us) would pay him 100 odd.

As others have said, the injury issues make the wage too big an issue

 

[Canterbury Palace]

If he could stay fit he'd be sensational and an automatic starter. However, that 'if' is carrying an awful lot of weight.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

If he could stay fit he'd be sensational and an automatic starter. However, that 'if' is carrying an awful lot of weight.

He should get on with Jeff then.