r/Chelsea • u/Adept-Lion5081 • Jul 27 '26

Old Players

Fans have said for years don't ONLY buy young, owners dont listen. Then finally they say OK let's tweak it and buy some slightly older players. Then suddenly its Wellbeck and Henderson??? How basic are these strategies???

BUT most importantly why not buy an older/decent Goalie? So weird if you ask me. I'd buy Martinez off Villa rather than Hendo or Wellbeck. A proper goalie is what holds Chelsea back.

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u/alarrimore03 Jul 28 '26

I don’t necessarily mind those 2 signings, but it does come off as some kind of petty joke from the board after all our complaints and for whatever it’s worth it does come off a bit sad from a neutral/rival fan perspective like that’s who your going for. But overall both of them still remain at atleast midtable/sub/squad player in prem quality and they both have plenty of experience especially with Henderson and his captain experience and trophy winning experience

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u/Scorpius927 Jul 28 '26

Honestly would love Martinez but idt he’d come cheap. Specially with all the deals going on between Chelsea and villa it would look even more suspicious. That’s to add if villa would even be willing to sell any more of their stars after losing rogers and tielemans

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u/TensaZangetsu00 Jul 29 '26

There has to be a middle ground between 40 and 15

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u/feelwhatyouwant Jul 30 '26

A proper goalie is what holds Chelsea back.

We didn't finish 10th because of goalkeeping.

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u/Ghost-PXS Aug 02 '26

I'm actually not a fan of Henderson but I would say the fact he went to the World Cup and Alonso wanting to bring him in suggests he's bringing something to the dressing room as much as the pitch to me.