Episode 99 - Rebuilding Chelsea: Buying 2 World Class players + Who must be sold?

On this episode, Ted and Patrick take on the tough job of rebuilding Chelsea. Where do they even start, how do they handle all their assets, and what positions should they spend their money on? The guys analyze the squad and highlight players that would be smart signings this summer. Enjoy!

Kim's 1st Rebuilding Chelsea article: thetransferflow.com/p/the-chelsea-rebuild-part-1-9fbb

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:45 - Kim’s incredible fact

01:41 - A large group of 70th percentile players

02:25 - Making the Champions League + PSR nonsense

03:50 - Squad size and selling players

04:42 - Chelsea need to sell 10/15 players this summer

05:28 - Overspending on average players

07:00 - Large change in play style + xG chart

08:06 - Able to pick the right striker/LW

08:52 - What about the guys you can’t move?

10:17 - Unknowns surrounding club leadership + world financial state

11:15 - Utilizing Strasbourg

11:53 - What should their philosophy be?

12:13 - Finding a better striker than Delap?

12:41 - Giving young players a chance?

12:59 - Nicholas Jackson as your #1 striker?

13:47 - Delap was a smart move?

14:42 - Buying 2 world-class players - Starting with LW

15:19 - Mike Maignan as their GK + Rodrygo?

16:10 - Xavi Simmons to help Cole Palmer?

17:32 - Allows Enzo to not play as an attacking mid

18:24 - A 2-deep squad is necessary

18:43 - Jamie Gittens and buying unfinished players

20:33 - Liverpool set the LW market

21:28 - Quenda and Tyrique George

21:54 - Strasbourg and Gettier cases

23:06 - Too many players + Overpaying for them

23:50 - Why Rodrygo over other names?

25:27 - With their assets can they make an 80-100m move?

26:42 - Kim’s recap and players who can be sold + the Fofana’s

27:20 - Armando Broja’s poor form

28:34 - Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Omari Kellyman

29:01 - Carney Chukwuemeka and Lesley Ugochukwu

30:08 - What position for the 2nd World Class player? (GK or CB?)

30:47 - How Robert Sanchez was limiting Chelsea

31:36 - Who should they target? And for how much?

32:44 - James Trafford as an option?

33:45 - City have committed to their rebuild, Chelsea must do the same

34:18 - Do they need another CB?

35:40 - Marc Guehi as an option?

36:20 - Keeping Chalaba? Buying Antonio Silva or Alexsandro Ribeiro?

37:57 - 3 things Chelsea need to do

39:20 - Chelsea have been a bit smarter this summer? But so have other teams

40:22 - Man Down and Variance betting updates

41:00 - Club World Cup modelling and Neel Shelat

42:08 - B-roll - No context icing

44:17 - C-Roll - Muppets are perverts?

46:10 - Patrick Intro Fail + Ted’s song