Bedfordspurs
Arthur Rowe
Saudi buyers ain’t buying any British players imo and there the ones Chelsea need to sell for book valueIt's 100% worth factoring in their finances before buying. As others have said there are next to zero buyers in the room for £50m players, so it's not like there is great competition.
Obviously they could be bailed out by some back door Saudi payment/purchase/arrangement BUT if they have a 30th June deadline and their finances are in a mess and that could result in a 10pt penalty (for example)...you let that date pass 100%.
They are a rival, might not feel like that now, but they have potential to rise back up...so chop them off at the knees if given the chance.
If we want Gallagher...we can still buy him after that date...it's not time (or position) critical for us.