Trevoh Chalobah

[Badger11]

I did wonder whether he might struggle back at Chelsea.

He was going from a back 3 with 2 wing backs, to a more traditional 4. Perhaps he suited to playing as part of 3 rather than just centre back pairing.

It may also take a few games to re-adjust from a 3 to a 4 and get to know his team mates, something he hasn't been given the chance to do.

At Palace he was shaky for his first few games but I thought he was getting better and better so was disappointed when he was recalled.

 

[tonypeers5]

I think a swap deal (Guehi) + money would poss be the best option for both parties.

There's a 20% sell on fee for Guehi (supposedly) so we're losing at least £10m on any offer (if we get offers above £50m for him). I think we've accepted that he'll leave in the summer as he'll be in the last year of his contract, so we will need a replacement CB.

Chalobah is not as good as Guehi, but has advantages over trying to find another CB. He's a good Premier League CB, still young, already knows the team & setup here and therefore would settle quickly. Essentially, we know what we'll get from him and I still suspect that there was more to come from him when he was in our team. It's waste of talent for Chelsea to have him on the bench, but does mean that his value shouldn't sky rocket (like it did for Gallagher when he was here). Chalobah + £20m maybe a reasonable deal to be done. That would value Guehi at £50m-£60m, which maybe right for a player in the last year of his contract.

It obviously all hinges on whether there's a bidding war for Guehi, which there may well be. There are many teams that would want him due to weaknesses or players likely to leave. Liverpool, Newcastle, Tottenham, Man U, Man City & possibly other European teams. I doubt we'd get more than £50m-£60m for him (I maybe wrong). Therefore, we could go out and buy another CB + potentially another player for £20m-£25m each, but there's no guarantees they'll settle or be anywhere near the level needed.

The question is whether to go for 'tried & tested' and bank potentially £20m or take the gamble of a bidding war, potentially get more money, and look for a bargain like we got with Lacroix or a risk like with Riad (who I still think will be a great player, but we haven't been able to use him this season).

 

[Dubai Eagle]

There would indeed be a lot of good reasons in going for Chalobah if it meant some sort of part exchange deal with Chelsea involving Guehi, however if clickbait is to be believed there would need to be a bit of rethinking to be done, by that I mean that around the time when Chalobah was being called back to Chelsea there was an article reflecting upon the situation which stated that he had been put up for sale by Chelsea in the 3 previous transfer windows at £25M each time, yet when it came to a negotiation between Chelsea & Palace for Guehi, Chelsea now somehow saw Chalobah price tag as £40M + £10M for Guehi -

This was the same Chalobah that wasnt even training with their first team at the time he came to us - so it would seem that someone in the blue camp certainly got creative with that offer.

Make of that what you will -

 

[eritheagle]

I can't believe that all his stats have been deleted from the matchday programme!!

He scored 3 goals and played well in 18 games yet he's been wiped out and they've kept Ahamada and he's 2 unused sub appearences!