I’m a bit concerned that Chelsea appear to be ready to offload Garnacho already.
I expect Chelsea will have to offload quite a lot of players this summer.
Obviously it will be hard to tell if it is deliberate as Rosenior is doing such a good job anyway, but it wouldn't surprise me if Chelsea suddenly miss out on Europe totally, especially if we either pull well ahead of 5th or lose the semi-final. They come under the extended rules they paid millions to delay next year and Europa/Conference won't help their cause in making the money to help. I'm not sure what happens with the UEFA judgement when the team isn't in Europe, is it delayed until they come back in or does the 3 years continue?
This chap seems to think that if they don't get Champions League this season then they are pretty much screwed:
https://x.com/slbsn/article/2045425088049057803If people don't want to click on the shit link, he suggests that they'll need to make €80m of profit on transfers sales in June alone, even with the Club World Cup / Champions League money coming in from the last 12 months. That's just to keep up with what they need to do because of their existing dodgy finances.
Given it looks probable that neither of those incomes sources will be there next season and UEFA won't count any of their dodgy Strasboug dealings, they're looking properly banjaxed.
