So, three then. Counting linked players as if it's already happened. Lukaku was "linked" but turned it down, i'd be surprised if Hudson-Odoi went, who is the other one?
Wolves have sold a Mendes client with 12 months left on his contract for more than the three Chelsea's players combined, nothing dogy in that?
They haven't sold 5 players to clubs in SA, they have sold 3.
So other clubs can sell players to SA but Chelsea can't? There is no way to enforce that rule i'm afraid.
It's standard UEFA procedure as both teams are in the same competition. Brighton/Union Saint-Gilloise and Milan/Toulouse are also being looked at. Nothing dodgy is going on, so nothing will happen.
Tonali is a Milan fan and Barella is an Inter fan apparently, gonna be hard to shift them from where they are at, Italians don't move abroad that often.
100%. I couldn't care less what players want to go there for a pay day, let them. The only thing that we should be worried about is European clubs using this as a way to circumvent FFP rules.
I don’t think it does still stand. Let’s see what Ziyech, Koulibaly and Kante do with their careers after their stint in SA. I would say it’ll not much more than the “past it” players on my list.
Why does it matter that only Arnautovic was playing in the PL? Some of the other players played for Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.
You mustn’t remember who China signed, it was more than just Oscar:
Hulk - 30
Paulinho -30
Jackson Martinez - 29
Bakambu - 26
Carrasco - 24
Arnautovic - 30
El Shaarawy - 26
All for big money and playing at a decent level, and hardly past their sell by date all of them 30 or under.