Chelsea, time to show you are serious (again)! We are so close to challenging on all fronts!

A contribution article by Danny Windsor

This is a contribution article by SPTC community member and Chelsea ST holder Danny Windsor!

I woke up this morning feeling very positive about Chelsea after that performance last night!

I am not getting carried away because it was only Club America, but they were also five games into their season and much better physically.

However, the signs are there that we will be in a good position. I love the difference in both off the ball and on the ball and understanding of the system between the Celtic game and Club America. We moved the ball around very well, created chances at will, and were solid defensively. The first-half performance is how I see us playing vs the weaker sides, and the second half more for the bigger games.

I now plead with this ownership and these sporting directors to show us they want to win! For me, we are two serious signings away from competing on all fronts.

I am now going into what I would like to see for the rest of the window….

To start with outgoings. I have been tracking the players who have been linked away from Chelsea and the fees reported by reliable sources and put it in the table below.

We should comfortably be able to raise close to £180m and get £880k off the books per week, this is without selling a few players who are on the edge of the squad or players on big wages like Benoit Badiashile or Raheem Sterling for example. (Please note that these wages aren’t exact but are from Capology, who are one of the best for wages).

This brings me on to the more exciting side of things of the two incoming's that I believe will elevate us to the next level.

• Victor Osimhen and Nico Williams!

Recent reports said that Napoli wants 100m euros (£85m) for Osimhen and would pay £30m for Lukaku. The release clause of Nico Williams is £58m, so we know how much he would cost. I reckon you could get both Osimhen and Williams on around £200k per week, potentially slightly lower with the incentivized contracts.

This is a total outlay of £143m and £400k per week. Half of the wages we are getting off the books and £30m less than what we bringing in.

So the first 11 would look something like this….

With a bench of Robert Sanchez, Wesley Fofana, Marc Cucarella, Enzo Fernandez, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Carney Chukwuemeka, Noni Madueke, Raheem Sterling, Nicolas Jackson, and Badiashile Acheampong, Axel Disasi, Renato Vegia, Mykhailo Mudryk around in the squad for injuries and rotation etc.

I would send Marc Guiu, Lesley Ugochukwu, Devid Washington, Angelo Gabriel, Omari Kellymen, and Alfie Gilchrest on loan. This would leave a manageable 25-man squad plus people going on loan who need to play.

With this first 11, bench, and squad there is no clear reasons why UCL qualification, Conference League trophy, competing for both FA Cup and League Cup and maybe challenge for the title isn’t possible!

Come on Bedha Eghbali, Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart, let get back to the top this season!

Thanks for reading and as always KTBFFH!!!

Danny Windsor