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EP21 - Wildcard Wednesday
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Join Matt and Jake on Wildcard Wednesday, discussing the ownership transfer war and a Top 6 Transfer challenge!
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Introduction and Podcast Format
00:00:10
officialgspn
Hello everybody and welcome to Daily Chelsea. ah It is Wildcard Wednesday and it is me Jake, your host with co-host Matt. Matt, how are you doing?
00:00:21
Matt
Oh, very well, Jake. Great to be here as ever.
00:00:25
officialgspn
Of course, always great to be hosting with you, Matt. um Obviously, first thing we have to mention from the off is we we went a bit international.
00:00:33
Matt
Oh, we did.
00:00:33
officialgspn
We had a little bit of a break, just a couple of days, ah rather than a couple of weeks, like the international break.
00:00:35
Matt
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know. It's a short trip.
00:00:39
officialgspn
um Exactly, exactly.
00:00:39
Matt
Short trip, you know.
Wildcard Wednesday and Daily Episodes
00:00:42
officialgspn
um But we are back for a bang with Wild Card Wednesday and of course Daily Chelsea will be with you for the rest of the week and with daily episodes of course from now on. um Matt, the theme of Wild Card Wednesday is double suited, let's say.
00:00:57
Matt
Mm.
Chelsea's Ownership Issues Begin
00:00:58
officialgspn
That's when we have to talk about his off-season breaking news that came out while we were on our little break, although actually no, I think it did mostly come out yesterday and Sunday, um which is to do with the ownership
00:01:10
Matt
Mm.
00:01:10
officialgspn
um We also have a little bit of a wildcard premise later on where we will discuss who we would sell and who would keep from the top six. um But first, let's let's discuss the main Chelsea story, which is the ownership civil war. Now, what is being said, you know, there's various and news outlets who have weighed in on this and so you know said what they think is going on. Basically, it seems that either Clearlake or Todd Boli want to buy each other out. Boli apparently has the backing to do so. Clearlake are obviously a massive fund plus Eggbali's personal millions anyway um would allow him to buy out the other partner. Apparently neither of them will budge. um I mean the first thing I think
00:01:59
officialgspn
Matt, for Chelsea fans, it's raw ownership issues. No, it's a very raw feeling. um And now we're seeing the reports of something like this going on.
00:02:11
officialgspn
I suppose my first question for you, mate, would be how do you feel? Like what's your opinion on just the general sort of another ownership issue at Chelsea when we we were so used to stability for so long?
00:02:24
Matt
I know, I know.
00:02:24
officialgspn
How are you feeling?
00:02:26
Matt
Yeah. It's, um, I think most Chelsea fans would, would say frustration. Um, and that's just because we had Roman before we had Roman for almost 20 years.
00:02:38
Matt
And it was kind of bliss, you know, it was one person in charge, one person to hold to accounts, one person to say, thanks, mate, or to point the finger and say, what'd you do that for?
00:02:51
Matt
Very simple. And. so when managers came in and out you could only really reference to one person but Roman was very much a guy in the sky sort of figure didn't really get too involved with the media or anything like that he just made big decisions and let the club run and we had a lot of success with that and I think you know that's where the frustration is here is that and this is a great example right now is that you know co-ownership doesn't really work in the game of football and
Critique of Co-Ownership in Football
00:03:24
Matt
More than just the general gist of this civil war, per se, it's the fact that this was never branded when Chelsea were taken over by Roman. It was always, Todd Bolle's taken over the club. He's bought the club for £4.25 billion. It's Todd Bolle, it's Todd Bolle, it's Todd Bolle. And then over the last few years of ownership,
00:03:49
Matt
ah We've heard more noise about Clear Lake and the other two investors alongside Todd Boley. And so I think Chelsea fans would have, would have, you know, initially questioned all of this switch of
00:04:04
Matt
ownership if we knew the full picture straight away. and And that's really where the big frustration is. I mean, yeah, it is a bit of a stalemate at the moment. Clearlake have 61% of ownership. Todd Bolle himself, he only has 13.3 and then the other two investors have 13.3 as well.
00:04:21
Matt
So there is a bit of a stalemate going on. And like you say, kla and Clear Lake Investments, they've got $90 billion dollars in equity in other investments across the world. They are an absolute financial powerhouse. So they've probably got all all the money they need to really push over and push Todd into the ground and get
Ownership Battle: Clearlake vs. Todd Boli
00:04:45
Matt
him out if they need to.
00:04:46
Matt
But I've really got a sneaking suspicion that Todd is going to get the funds, is going to get the support and actually get full control ah when this saga is over.
00:04:48
officialgspn
I'm actually careful.
00:04:58
officialgspn
Interesting. um Matt, I would actually just screw you there. I think it's going to be what I would prefer. Todd Bowley obviously sort of came a lot on top. I think he's got the better ambition in terms of what the fans want and what the fans want for Chelsea Football Club. But I just think, as you mentioned, you know, Todd Bowley's ownership is smaller. He will have a couple of backers within the ownership as well. But I think clearly I could just a bit too much for Powerhouse to take on. ah And I don't think that would have invested the money they have so far without
00:05:30
officialgspn
um seeing through a thorough return in terms of, you know, just that's, that's how sort of investment investment companies work. I think they will, they will probably come out on top, but I do, I would prefer your option as you just mentioned.
00:05:44
Matt
Yeah.
00:05:45
officialgspn
What is, it's astounding really, we're we're sort of talking about the ownership already and it's not in the terms of um transfers and stuff like that. um What you You mentioned you think that top only will will will come ah come out on top. What would you prefer? what Who do you think would take the club in a better direction? Would it be a Bali and Cleo Lake or would it be, you know, are you team Bali or team Cleo Lake? What with which one are you on that?
00:06:15
Matt
I mean, ultimately, I don't think, you know, there's there's a right or wrong option here because, you know, either way, Chelsea will still run as a great club. There's no chance of us going and into administration. And, you know, so I think people still want to play the fact that how quickly the turnover happened from Roman putting Chelsea up for sale that was in early March 2022. Blueco was suddenly formed with these four investors and then they bought Chelsea before the end of May because that's when the government put the strict deadlines in for for Chelsea to be sold on the 31st of May 2022.
00:06:53
Matt
So the fact that this multi-billion pound deal got done within two months is is pretty amazing in so many ways. um So Chose fans should really just be thankful for that we're not an administration or have any problems like that first off. And I think that's why all these problems are coming to service is the sense that it was a rush decision to just get it done and over the line and There's been little disagreements that are now just coming to the boil now and now that's where we're seeing this sort of civil war and As this is another saga with Chelsea You could almost call us saga FC at the moment with the amount of transfer sagas we have and now ownership sagas Who knows what might happen next, you know, there might be fans sagas or something like that um but
00:07:40
Matt
you know we've there's been so much that we've heard in the last week or so about this uh we've initially heard that clear lakes direction is that they just want to buy young and that tods is that He just wants to buy the big superstars. But and with clarification on that, it's actually they both want to buy young and both have multi-club ownership. They both believe in a data approach in terms of what's the analysis of each player, send that to scouts and then send that to recruiters and then the recruiters get in. They're both really aligned on those three or four big factors.
00:08:14
Matt
But the big disagreement is that Todd, he just wants one sporting director with autonomy to come in, sort all the transfers and everything like that out. he He almost wants the same direction and role as Roman. He just wants to you know have control, but sit back and let someone else take.
00:08:34
Matt
Full responsibility in autonomy with the with the day today and all the analysis and everything like that. Whereas a barley he wants to sporting directors feeding directly up to him and him actually you know having a big input in.
00:08:48
Matt
you know, the direction of players bought and and whatever else it might be. And because of that, I would go with, I prefer Todd Bowley's approach because that's what we've seen with rome Roman Abramovich. And that worked really well for us. And also similarly,
00:09:06
Matt
if we just have one sporting director director, if things are going well, you keep him or her. And if it's not going so well, you get rid of them. And whereas I think under Egg Bali, if he has two sporting directors and then he's involved as well, then there's a two or trio of mess almost of, you know, passing the blame, not taking responsibility. And and then there could just be a real mess. And so because of that, I've got to stick with Todd
00:09:37
officialgspn
Interesting. um Yeah, obviously iveve I've already mentioned, i think I think I'd agree with you there. I prefer to have Todd Bodian. One of the key things you said there, Matt, I think is is interesting in terms of Chelsea should be sort of thankful we're not in a much worse position than what we are. And I think that's probably one of the one of the worst things that this sort of civil war and our ownership is is bringing back for Chelsea fans is is just the raw feeling of ownership issues and the fact that you know what we were arguing most about what we we're talking about in the podcast for the first 15 episodes was big transfers why aren't we getting these big plays in and stuff like that whereas maybe this brings a bit of perspective and now we should be a bit thankful that we're just you know sort of operating okay
00:10:20
Matt
Yeah.
00:10:20
officialgspn
um You know, it's maybe a bit of perspective for us Chelsea
Perspective on Ownership Issues
00:10:25
officialgspn
fans. and We'll discuss the ownership a little bit more and move on to who the top six should sell and sign shortly after this break.
00:10:34
officialgspn
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00:11:05
officialgspn
And we are back with Daily Chelsea. I'm here with Matt and it is of course Wild Card Wednesday. Now we were just discussing before the break the issues within cheea Chelsea's ownership. um Matt we we'll finish up and move on to our top six sign and tells in a moment but I suppose the big question for sort of, che that every Chelsea fan is asking, and I suppose we've touched on this a little bit already, but what do you think will happen? Like realistically, do you think we will end up, I mean, this this said this has to be resolved in the next two or three months, surely, if it's been reported on by by press at this point. Do you think we'll, we'll end up with Todd Bowley and and the another consortium or something like that with Todd Bowley as the head man, or are we clear Lake Chelsea for the foreseeable?
00:11:55
Matt
clear lake fc maybe you know they'll change the the name to that who knows um it's so tough to say i i wonder whether this will actually drag into the new year because of how much uh you know the how much that will just drive narratives and how maybe clear lake or tod bolley may try and use the media to their advantage to persuade the other the other side to sell to them and i I would like to think that, yeah, Tudboli does get full ownership ah by by next year. But like you said, Clearlake do have a really strong 61% hold in Chelsea at the moment. And so it's really hard to see them not winning this um unless unless somehow Tod and Clearlake can resolve their issues and
00:12:51
Matt
and agree on own the means that they're they're currently disagreeing on. um I mean, one of their disagreements from last year as well was that Todd didn't want Pots to be sacked, but then Clearlake suddenly just got him out the door and then from that, you know, like I said earlier, things have just been bubbling away and now they're coming to the forefront with the press.
00:13:12
Matt
So far, Todd has offered, or he has not offered, but he's he's very confident that he could get up to 20 investors to raise 2.5 billion to then try and buy Clear Lake out. Now that might be possible, but Clear Lake, like you say, they're a business enterprise. If they took that deal, they wouldn't really be getting any money back on what they've invested in Chelsea so far. And Chelsea has definitely grown in profile. As much as they spent loads of money,
00:13:42
Matt
That would be a loss for them in so many ways. And so I don't see that happening. if If Todd is going to actually win the percentage battle, he's going to have to raise a lot more cash than that and.
00:13:54
Matt
And I think this does need to get sorted soon because the that the the problem with Chelsea's finances at the moment is that we're actually losing $200 million a year at the current state before player transfers, before hotel sales, and all the other factors that BlueCo have tried to do to you know balance the books.
00:14:13
Matt
and And again, this really hammer's home, this, the whole finance side of the business, this hammer's home was so important that we deliver on the pitch because last time when we were in the champions league, when we got to the quarterfinals, we got about 90 million for that for just getting to the quarterfinals.
00:14:32
Matt
So now in in this season and next season, that's probably more like a hundred, maybe 110 million a season. And that helps so much balance the books. um If we do make some big signings like Enzo or Kai Soto, and they don't quite hit form straight away, but also just to reinvest into into ah the club in so many ways. Unfortunately, I do think Clearlake are going to win this, but I do actually do worry if they do win where Chelsea goes and and what happens to the stadium and all the other factors like that.
00:15:10
officialgspn
Yeah, excuse me I think it's quite natural to have, ah you know, sort of be worried about what happens with the lake. they are they will They will run us like a business. we will probably We will possibly be the most business like club in the league. um Although it's it's hard to tell necessarily whether that be to our benefit or not. um It will certainly be different from what Chelsea fans have experienced in the past.
00:15:35
officialgspn
um Moving on to the second part of our Wildcard Wednesday, we can discuss ownership issues a week or month or year, however we want to have a bit of fun here so we will discuss, ah well what me and Matt came up with before the podcast was who would we sell and who would we sign for the top
Wildcard Segment: Top Six Clubs' Transfers
00:15:55
officialgspn
six clubs. Now by top six clubs we are talking about Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester United,
00:16:02
officialgspn
and We will briefly mention Aston Villa at the end. However, we're going for a bit more of a classic top six rather than the most recent top six. Us Chelsea fans have to believe in the classic sort of stuff at the moment rather than the reason why wouldn't end up anywhere, would we? um But yes, so there only only a couple of rules. The only one major one is that you have to sign a player from inside those top six teams.
00:16:28
officialgspn
um You also must select a player to sell um in the best interest of that team, of that squad. ah And you don't have to mention which team you would sell them to inside the top six, but of course, give a mention if you think they would fit in somewhere good. um Matt, let's start with Manchester United. Who would you sign for Manchester United from any of the top six clubs? And who would you sell many so ah from Manchester United, possibly to a top six club?
00:16:57
Matt
Oh, as in, in terms of selling Man United, I think they've got to sell Antony. got to they've got us cell Antony um because I think that's that that's an 80 million pound ah cloud of despair just around the club. He is totally woeful, totally overpaid and totally deluded in his mindset and everything he does. yeah said I think he's just the absolute opposite of Roy Keane and what Man United stand for. He is very ineffective. He has scored one or two good goals in two seasons. But as we've seen, you know, you can see it all over TikTok and his low light reels of spinning on the ball.
00:17:49
Matt
or complaining to linesman or giving the ball away whatever it is he is dreadful he is absolutely dreadful and i think they just need to get whatever money they can for him i mean it's so ironic that they signed him for 80 million it was clearly a panic buy because their scouts came out and said he's probably worth about 25 million So why are you spending 80 million on him? It's just ridiculous. um So yeah, for Manu and everyone, they've got to get rid of Antony. And in terms of who they need to sign, ah it's got to be Harland, surely, um from their rivals. It's got to be...
00:18:26
Matt
The top score in the league, the the man who defies logic when it comes to the Premier League, he's now up to a goal a game. He is unbelievable. And I think, by the way, his career is going, he could really challenge Ronaldo and Messi for that sort of status um of the top, top level of of all those players. So those are the two players, um Harland in for Manu and Anthony out.
00:18:55
officialgspn
Fair enough. Yeah, very, very good options. I'm sure options are many United fans would be very happy with. um I myself would definitely agree um with all the reasons you said about Anthony plus more, um including some expletives.
00:19:08
officialgspn
um he seat good is he um I definitely agree in terms of selling Anthony.
00:19:11
Matt
Yeah.
00:19:13
officialgspn
The player I'd signed, Manchester United is different. He's a city player. Rodgeri, I think, what I would get from Manchester United.
00:19:20
Matt
Oh, yes. Yeah.
00:19:22
officialgspn
Just because I think that would solve so many issues for them, um just just because of the quality of what Roger is as a player. um I think that would be probably maybe the best signing signing in terms of their squad. Otherwise, though I do agree with you, it would probably be a striker for them.
00:19:40
officialgspn
um
00:19:41
Matt
Yeah.
00:19:41
officialgspn
they can they can concede but if they could outscore the opponents they'd probably get a bit further. um We'll finish off in Manchester before we head to a quick break, um probably one of the tougher ones. Manchester City, who would you sell from that squad and who would you sign Matt? Now this this is tough.
00:20:00
Matt
Yeah, it is really tough. I i think you would probably sell Foden because and that, you know, might be a big eyebrow razor because he's still in great age.
00:20:16
Matt
He's still got a lot of talents. He's potentially going to be the successor to De Bruyne in that number 10 role. But I think There's a lot of money there for Citi to earn. Whereas in, we've seen it similar with Alvarez, they got 80 million for Alvarez. That's astonishing. You know, that's astonishing to get to buy him for 14 mil and to sell him for 80. Now with Phozen, he's probably got the stars in his eyes. He's looking at Real Madrid. He's looking at Barcelona if if they sell him.
00:20:46
Matt
um maybe psg just for the money um what what could those clubs offer man city could they offer you know 80 mil again maybe 100 and just say hey we're gonna build our team around you they they could do that they really could do that um foden's got that that skill and that pizzazz to really take his his game to the next level at those big clubs And from a financial point of view, or like to get 80, 100 mil on an academy player, that they the owners would be jumping at that in a heartbeat. As much as you know he's one of our own and it's Phil Foden and City fans would probably be disappointed and a bit gusset about that.
00:21:29
Matt
um I think you've got in this game of finance and football, as you know, is superbly highlighted with the Chelsea club, um you know, you've got to take that into an account. And I think Foden is a is a player that really screams sellable value at a high, high level.
00:21:49
Matt
um who they need to bring in. Yeah, that's really tricky, but I actually think they could do really well if they bought in Enzo from us, because um I think the way they set up and the way the amount of control they have in their games um and the way they just dominate possession, I think that can really unleash Enzo's passing ability and technical ability to be that deep playing ah playmaker you can have You can have him alongside Rodry. Rodry is going to do most of the dirty work in terms of breaking up play. So then you can just really free Enzo up to to play those killer balls through ah to the back and with the likes of Dokku and Savino and even Harland, you know, running in behind, um you know, sort of Enzo is going to have a field day. So I'd say self Odin and bring in Enzo.
00:22:41
officialgspn
Very good choices. um I mean, I think i think selling Foden will be a big call, but I i agree with you. I think he if if someone, if another team built their team around him, you know, he would be.
00:22:51
Matt
Yeah,
00:22:52
officialgspn
probably a superstar and maybe he's not got room for that as a t.
00:22:55
Matt
yeah true.
00:22:57
officialgspn
I would personally, if it when it came comes to selling, um I think I'd personally sell someone like Kovacic. I know he's been sort of decent for them, um but just in terms of like thinking in terms of squad value and who's sort of best to sell at this certain point, I think Kovacic in terms of his age um would probably be a good idea to sell.
00:23:18
officialgspn
And also they've just got gotten to one back as well. I'm just thinking,
00:23:21
Matt
hmm oh
00:23:22
officialgspn
You know, is, is there a place for coverage in a year or so time? So, you know, I think that that's, that's who I suggest setting for the city. Um, in terms of signing, I'm going for as much as this would hurt to see this Cole Palmer.
00:23:35
officialgspn
Um, I just think Cole Palmer in that city system would, you're looking at.
00:23:36
Matt
yeah yeah okay
00:23:44
officialgspn
Yeah, yeah, mad.
00:23:44
Matt
you know
00:23:47
officialgspn
I think it would be Harland and Cole Palmer in terms of top of goals and assists for them easily. um He's t shown so much quality for us, obviously. um If he was to get into that sort of team, I think he would do absolute bits.
00:24:00
Matt
yeah absolutely
00:24:00
officialgspn
um We have four teams to go in terms of our top six sign and sell, and we will go over those four teams after this short break.
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00:24:54
officialgspn
And we are back on Daily Chelsea, it is Jake and Matt here and it is Wildcard Wednesday and we have just been discussing who from the top who in the top six, sorry, who should they sign and who should they sell. um The only rule we really had was that they had to sign a player.
00:25:11
officialgspn
inside the top six teams. They can sell a player to whoever you want, but if they think that we think the player would fit inside of the top 16, then we'll mention that. um We've just covered Manchester City and Man United. We'll stay up north for our next team, Matt. um Liverpool, if you were to sell one player and sign one player from inside the top six, who would you choose?
00:25:33
Matt
so tough ah because Liverpool have got a lot of great options ah but I think again slightly controversially and this is purely on finances and based on their recent activity but to sell Alison just because even though even though he's a wonderful keeper and ultimately up and up in the the top top keepers, arguably the best keeper in the prem,
00:25:57
Matt
They've just signed a new keeper from Valencia, signed and um sent him out on loan. He's clearly the new project. And when you do that, you're clearly saying to players like Alison, Hey, you know, we can kind of see your last days coming.
00:26:09
officialgspn
like pollster you
00:26:13
Matt
And so I think Alison, he's still worth so much cash and they've had him for about seven years now. And he's been absolutely fantastic, but It's kind of ruthless, you know, football in terms of this, as in cash in on Alison and, you know, get this new guy in from Valencia in and start, you know, the new project. um You could probably still quite comfortably get 50 or 60 million for Alison and he's well into his 30s now and they paid 60 million for him seven years ago. So to recruit that potentially even more is like for like business and the Liverpool owners would love to see that.
00:26:57
Matt
So I would say to sell Allison to bring in, I think maybe Pedro Netto from us actually, because they love that fluid style with the wingers. Luis Diaz has got a bit of a niggle in him and he's, you know, he would buddy up with his Portuguese mate Diogo Jota at Liverpool. He'd be growing the wings, so I'd probably say Pedro Netto to bring in for Liverpool.
00:27:22
officialgspn
interesting yeah very good choices i think i mean 100 that would that would sort of improve the squad um i think netto like you said would very very much fit in he feel he feels like a liberal player i mean obviously he feels like a chelsea player char player but yeah he feels like you know sort of out and out winger who's just gonna you know do bits down the wing like that's that that just feels like a liberal player um in terms of so regarding who i would want to sell and sign i think for me liverpool needs sal newness
00:27:31
Matt
I know, he really does.
00:27:43
Matt
Yeah, yeah, very true.
00:27:52
officialgspn
is done like a project is done. Like he he didn't really fit your system anyway. He would have fit the system if he was as good on the ball as sort of people thought he was. I don't think he's that good on the ball to be honest.
00:28:05
officialgspn
um And then, you know, he just, he can't finish, you know, it's, I think he genuinely offers less than the player like Jackson, like Jackson got so much heat last season, but I think he offers less than what like Jackson does, for for example.
00:28:13
Matt
Hmm
00:28:18
officialgspn
um So I definitely sell him. um And then in terms of signing, I think I'll go for Gabriel Jesus. I think I was looking at sort of forward players who fit their sort of frontline at the most.
00:28:24
Matt
Hmm
00:28:27
officialgspn
so um And I really do agree with you in terms of Pedro Netto. um I just had to think in my mind to replace the striker position sort of thing So I went for a zoo.
00:28:32
Matt
Yay
00:28:37
officialgspn
So I think he would really fit well into the system Very good pass a very good on the ball um and a better finisher than what they currently have. So that's that's why I chose government raises um We'll move down to London now, and um don't boo too loudly, Matt.
00:28:53
officialgspn
We'll start with Tottenham.
00:28:54
Matt
Oh no.
00:28:55
officialgspn
um
00:28:55
Matt
o
00:28:58
officialgspn
and Tottenham, obviously, their their squad's changed quite a lot over the last couple of years, um but who would you sell and sign for Tottenham?
00:29:07
Matt
Yeah, again, I'd probably sell Son just because he's getting he's getting on. As much as he's still probably their star player, I think casher you've got to cash in on him um as you can, potentially.
00:29:24
Matt
uh somewhere in asia would take him for big money um or maybe even in in saudi um you know cashing and on on that you know he's one of their biggest wages and that's you know money lies so tight with daniel levy at spurs um he'd probably love to see you know a huge return on investment um and you know son's a great player but again kind of for finance reasons just just move him on and and and that's it and then For someone to come in, maybe controversially, I would say get Martin Odegard in just because, you know, Madison's really inconsistent for them in the middle. He has some stellar days, he has some poor days, but you want someone that's going to be a solid 8 out of 10 every game. And that's what Odegard is. So sign out and Odegard in.
00:30:17
officialgspn
Fair enough. Yeah, very good pick. So I sort of think down similar lines for you in terms of um having a player sort of go to Saudi. So my my player in terms of selling was ah Rich Harlison. And obviously there was massive rumors of him going to Saudi in the summer, possibly anyway, but I mean, it's more based upon the fact that he's just not really offered much to Tottenham.
00:30:34
officialgspn
And I think this was, he's, everyone was sort of waiting for him to do sort of a big six move and see how he did. And it's just not been that good. um Maybe he has more impact as a substitute, maybe he has more impact in a different league, but I don't really see him being that good for Tottenham.
00:30:48
officialgspn
I think it's about time to cut losses.
00:30:49
Matt
Hmm.
00:30:51
officialgspn
um In terms of our time for the top six, I went for Marcus Rashford.
00:30:51
Matt
Hmm.
00:30:55
officialgspn
um just because i could possibly see him leaving man united and Tottenham i think especially by someone like Ange i could see him being really appreciated like he does run a lot off the ball he's a very good finisher um i think he would have that bit of that
00:30:55
Matt
All right.
00:31:12
officialgspn
He's got that bit of experience now that maybe that Tottenham squad would need, because he and he's making that squad younger and younger, the more time he spends there. um And, yeah, I could see that being a... It just just feels a bit like a Tottenham signing in terms of, you know, a floundering player sort of getting towards their 30s.
00:31:28
officialgspn
Not in a mean way towards Tottenham, but I mean, that's the sort of way they go for, no? um ah But I think it may be gone.
00:31:35
Matt
I just feel, as in, as in, I just, if, if that happened, I would, I'd probably just want to give Rashford a hug and be like, dude, it's what's going on.
00:31:45
officialgspn
yeah
00:31:47
Matt
Like, I know you're struggling that you're not here, but just don't give up and go to spurs, but you know,
00:31:52
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:31:55
officialgspn
Not going to move upwards. You never know.
00:31:57
Matt
Oh, it's true.
00:31:58
officialgspn
But yeah, so I went for Richarderson, Richarderson to be sold and Rashford to be bought.
00:31:58
Matt
Oh, yeah.
00:32:06
officialgspn
We'll stay in London. We'll stay in North London and we will go to Arsenal. Arsenal obviously have a very good squad right now, but there's definitely some improvements that can be made. Matt, who would you sell and sign for Arsenal?
00:32:18
Matt
Yeah, I would probably get rid of Zinchenko from them just because they've got timber back from injury. They've just signed California. He looks pretty solid as well at left back and Zinchenko, you know,
00:32:33
Matt
He always felt a bit of a of ah of a sort of shelf life player and a shelf life signing, um kind of signing, Arsenal signing Man City's second team players. Obviously Zdenchenko had some stellar moments for City, but he's just not quite there and you do sort of feel he's got a mistake in him.
00:32:51
Matt
So I think it would be wise for for Arsenal to to move him on. But in terms of um signing, I've actually sort of got them to to sign Bruno from United because I think they put too much pressure on Odegard to be the the amazing number 10 that he is and that playmaker and I really think if they spread out his minutes across the season, then they'd be way more in charge of of trying to you know win the league and many many other trophies at Arsenal. And you know Bruno's got a killer goal in him as well. I think he'll bring you know sort of a great kind of arrogance and and strength to the team. And I think also
00:33:35
Matt
almost, you know, like for like our tattoo would just wheel out this cryberry crybaby attitude of Bruno. And that just wouldn't be allowed at all. So I think a win-win for both parties there.
00:33:47
officialgspn
Yeah, I completely agree with that in terms of rooting. If you get a manager like that, I think it'll definitely, definitely help him out. Yeah, I 100% agree.
00:33:54
Matt
and
00:33:55
officialgspn
I also agree with you in terms of who should be sold, I think Zenchenko. The only other person I'd maybe say is Tierney, because obviously he's quite injury prone as well, but images seems ah he seems to be quite settled as a squad player, so maybe not the one to sell.
00:34:08
officialgspn
I think Zenchenko is probably the one who's taking up a valuable squad space, who doesn't provide the value that he should. um In terms of signing, I actually went from a signing from us and that was Marlo Gusto because I think Gusto would be incredible in the system that Arteta plays, sort of four bats going high, um allowed to sort of make those cheeky fouls that he likes to make for us.
00:34:22
Matt
Yeah.
00:34:33
officialgspn
um He is obviously just incredible with his crosses and they have a lot of runners into the box as well when it comes to the crosses. um I think Gusto would be very, very good signing for them and would sort of definitely take over that sort of right back position. But I tried to go sort of like fall back for fall back. But um yeah, I think that would definitely help our Arsenal squad.
00:34:52
officialgspn
um And then to the most important, top ti five sixteen um we come to Chelsea.
00:34:55
Matt
Oh, yeah.
00:34:58
officialgspn
Now this is a topic we've discussed in terms of who would like to get rid of and who we'd sign as well, but we haven't stuck it to the top six just yet. um So Matt, who would you sell from the current Chelsea squad and who from the current so ah from the top six teams we're talking about, would you sign?
00:35:13
Matt
Yeah, it's, it's so tough. Um, on both sides, really. I. I would say we've just got to get rid of Madrid. Now there's as in there was loads of ah names that bat around my head. Do we get rid of Chilwell because he's on high wages? Do we really fall sterling out because he's on high wages as well? But I think for all the reasons in terms of on the pitch and financially, it's got to be Madrid just because even though he's not a high owner, we can recoup more money um for the but the transfer with him.
00:35:48
Matt
And we've given him time. We've given him a couple of different managers. We played him on the left. We played him on the right. We played him in the middle. We've really been patient. but he still looks lost on the pitch. So I think he's one of those players that, you know, he probably looks brilliant in moments, but at at Chelsea, you need to be at least a seven out of 10 every week to really be in the starting lineup or be challenging within the squads. And he's never been there. He's really generally about a four or five every game, and that is just not good enough. So for me, it's got to be mudra cut the door.
00:36:25
Matt
and then in terms of getting in lots of choice as well but I would probably actually go for Raya from Arsenal just because I'm really not confident with Sanchez and he's clearly the Premier League choice for Enzo Jorgensen's going to be in the Europa League, which is great. But Raya recently has been absolutely fantastic for Arsenal and he's great with his feats and playing out. He's had one or two mishaps, don't get me wrong, but all keepers do.
00:36:58
Matt
ah But I think he brings so much confidence. And when I see Arsenal play, I really do think that, you know, breaking down their their defense is a real struggle. But then even when you get in front of Rhea, that's another big challenge as well. It's not a foregone conclusion that you're going to get a goal against him. So I think he would bring a lot of confidence to the back four. So I'd go for Rhea.
00:37:20
officialgspn
Fair enough. and So i in terms of who we need to sell, I agree with you. I think it's Madrid. I think in terms of the in times of what we can cash in on in terms of money-wise and who we can afford to lose in our squad, Madrid is it's top of the list, 100%.
00:37:36
officialgspn
um In terms of who we should sign from the top six, um I was thinking quite similar to you in terms of a goalkeeper as well, but I was thinking you was possibly going to go with a more obvious option in terms of what Chelsea desperately need and what one team has in abundance, ah which is a striker who scores lots of goals.
00:37:51
Matt
Yep. Yeah. either good
00:37:55
officialgspn
I think obviously we'd sign, we'd sign Harland. I think Harland would take most teams, you know, towards the league title, if not just straight up winning it. Yeah, that's who would, who I would take from Manchester City.
00:38:06
Matt
Absolutely.
00:38:11
Matt
Yeah.
00:38:11
officialgspn
And that is our...
00:38:12
Matt
Not a bad shout at all.
00:38:14
officialgspn
Oh, I'm sorry.
00:38:15
Matt
Not a bad shout at all.
00:38:16
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:38:16
Matt
Not a bad shout, you know.
00:38:17
officialgspn
Oh, am I never adding Harland to Chelsea? Would you, would you Matt? I don't know, you know.
00:38:20
Matt
No, I mean, we should have done, but we didn't, but there you go.
00:38:23
officialgspn
No, there we go.
Teaser for Crossover Thursday
00:38:25
officialgspn
Um, well, this has been wildcard Wednesday on daily Chelsea. Um, we will be back for crossover Thursday, where we'll be teaming up with the daily Bournemouth podcast.
00:38:36
officialgspn
That is obviously who Chelsea face on the weekend. The premier league is back. The international break is very close to being over, uh, myself and Matt are very excited.
00:38:46
officialgspn
Uh, Matt, thank you very much for joining me today.
00:38:47
Matt
Can't wait. Pleasure as always, great to be here.
00:38:51
officialgspn
Cheers, thank you very much. And yes, of course, we will see you for crossover Thursday tomorrow. Thank you very much and have a good evening.