Ian Maatsen

[cdbearsfan]

I bet there's someone from the 1890s or so who scored about twenty goals in their first six games.

[coreyfeldman]

Evening everyone, here’s a short video detailing everything you need to know about Ian Maatsen for those of you interested. In my eyes, this is one of the signings of the summer, and I’m stunned Chelsea have left him go to a fellow domestic rival in Aston Villa. I hope you find this useful – feel free to ask me any questions you may have about the kid, cheers!

https://youtu.be/xFBzPRE7Y5U?si=YdERIURGFJ09tKol

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7NZi8RB24mc

I can't get this guys voice out of my head

[jwarry]

Romano

Ian Maatsen to Aston Villa for £37.m fee and Omari Kellyman to Chelsea for £19m will be formally completed as separate deals.

Chelsea were planning to sign one player from Villa with Academy talent being strong possibility.

Bye bye Omari

[AV84]

What does this mean for Durán, I wonder?

[Richard E]

What does this mean for Durán, I wonder?

Might still happen as a separate deal by all accounts.

[DeKuip]

Kellyman leaving would really piss me off, I’d love to seem have seen him given a chance.
Makes you wonder whether we’ll ever see academy players in the first team again, with young kids being brought in simply to make a profi on, we may as well not know their names just give them a catalogue number.
I get the issue with the finance rules, but that can also be used as an excuse for bad decisions in first team recruitment. We deserve to be docked points just for throwing away all that money on Coutinho.

[Brend'Watkins]

Kellyman leaving would really piss me off, I’d love to seem have seen him given a chance.
Makes you wonder whether we’ll ever see academy players in the first team again, with young kids being brought in simply to make a profi on, we may as well not know their names just give them a catalogue number.
I get the issue with the finance rules, but that can also be used as an excuse for bad decisions in first team recruitment. We deserve to be docked points just for throwing away all that money on Coutinho.

It’s a football factory.  Keep the very best and sell the others who we can make a good profit on.

[OCD]

Romano

Ian Maatsen to Aston Villa for £37.m fee and Omari Kellyman to Chelsea for £19m will be formally completed as separate deals.

Chelsea were planning to sign one player from Villa with Academy talent being strong possibility.

Bye bye Omari

Wait till pablo_picasso finds out.

[pablo_picasso]

I know.

And while Im delighted with the potential Maatsen deal, I hate the potential Kellyman deal.

[Ads]

Why? Maatsen was one of the best left backs in Europe last year, played in the Champions League final and we're bagging him for £17m more than a kid with potential, who looked alright in 50 minutes against a side who would struggle in League 2 that were 8 nil down on aggregate.

[Hookeysmith]

Bloody hell £19 mil for kid who has hardly had a kick is quite unbelievable.  Chelsea loves our academy and if Duran goes for the alledgd £35m that will be almost £85 m in 3 youth players (if you add Chuck)

Proving to be a very good money making production line.

[pablo_picasso]

Why? Maatsen was one of the best left backs in Europe last year, played in the Champions League final and we're bagging him for £17m more than a kid with potential, who looked alright in 50 minutes against a side who would struggle in League 2 that were 8 nil down on aggregate.

I rate Maatsen & am delighted with the potential transfer.

I have stated as such multiple times cross the forum.

I just don't want us to sell Kellyman. At all.

I want us to develop him into the unique player I think he could be.

[Ads]

I think people need to lower their expectations about players from our academy (or at least poached to augment it) and their capacity to make it. We've produced 2 in the past decade good enough for it. One went for £100m, the other will hopefully be back raring to go in August. They are few and far between.

"Think", "might", "maybe" won't keep us in the Champions League, but it can fund others who will and allow us to comply with rules.

[OCD]

We wouldn't be where we are now if it wasn't for the £200m raised from our academy. It's short-term pain for long-term gain. Once we're regularly a CL side with a huge commercial operation behind us, instead of selling promising players we can give them Championship and Premier League loan moves until they can either come through to our first team (if they reach that standard) or sell them for £20m+ to a middling Prem side.

[Matt C]

Medical this weekend according to the goal hanger.