Get em in, run the rule over them, farm them out, sell them on, bring in a return, call it grass roots development, sell on clause, cash in the bank.
It is a business plan. See one, Liam Delap.
Same time the players and their agents must be partly to blame, greed clouds judgement at times. The PL must shoulder a fair bit of blame as well, they know what's going on and those clubs breaking the rules and Chelsea are definitely one of...
No different to us except money wise, we’ve signed plenty of younger players who never seen Goodison.
Judging by the transfer pages on here most of our fans would love to do what Chelsea do. No patience at all.
Often think it must be boring being a Chelsea fan mate, signing a random young Brazilian winger for 20 mill of a Tuesday, or a 17 year old Portuguese centre half - you’ll probably never see them again.
They have Nkunku there, signed him for £50...
I'd be overjoyed to get Woltemade but it does feel a bit out of our reach. Once the silly season stops I expect he will have plenty of options that will firm up. I expect him to stay in Germany at one of the bigger clubs.
Dan would probably...
Someone like him will have options mate. Like you say oneof the bigger German Clubs may actually be the best fit for him.
The advantage we have over German clubs is likely salary, if the report i# true that’s important to him, the other...