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Chelsea football club are delighted to announce a raft of new signings that we are hopeful will push the football club on to even greater heights under the new ownership of Queen Consolidated.
Transfers In
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Dani Carvajal joins the club from Real Madrid for a fee of
£30 million. An exciting, young, Spanish full back, he can hopefully hold the position down for years to come.
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Christian Benteke joins from Liverpool in a
straight swap deal with Asmir Begovic going the other way. He has already settled in nicely at the bridge, bagging a couple of goals, proving he will be able to push Diego Costa for his starting place in the side.
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Marquinhos makes the move from PSG to London in a deal worth
£21.5 million. Young and extremely talented, Marquinhos can play at centre back or right back and will be ideal competition for the ageing Terry and Cahill.
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Declan Rudd joins from Norwich for a fee of
£4 million to serve as backup to Thibaut Courtois following the departure of Begovic. A promising young goalkeeper that could have a decent future with the club.
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Rafinha joins from Bayern Munich for a fee of
£10 million. Jose has gone slightly crazy with the signing of right backs so it will be an interesting scrap to see who comes out on top. At 30 years old, Jose spent a considerable amount of money for his services. Some good performances are going to be needed to convince me this was a good deal.
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Sime Vrsaljko was Jose's only other piece of business, with the Croatian right back costing the club
£8 million. Perhaps needing a little time to develop, I see him as the natural successor to Rafinha in the next few years to challenge Carvajal for a first team spot.
Transfers Out
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Loic Remy leaves the club to join Watford for a fee of
£12 million. Benteke's arrival pushed him further down the pecking order and I decided now was the time to cash in on the French hitman.
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Asmir Begovic moved to Liverpool in the
swap deal that involved Christian Benteke. Our need for a backup striker was much greater than our need for a backup goalkeeper so this deal seemed to work for both parties.
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After years of faithful service, it was time to let
Ivanovic leave the club. With just a year left on his contract, we decided to cash in and sold him to Southampton for
£4.5 million. With Carvajal, Rafinha and Vrsaljko all arriving, there was simply no room for the ageing Serbian in the squad.
Season so far
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A wonderful, unbeaten start to the season as Manchester City are the only club to have taken points off of us. Drawn in a hellish Champions League group with Atletico, Roma and Wolfsburg, we have made it look easy picking up two wins against Roma and Atletico. Our players seem to have found some free scoring form with Hazard picking up 6 in all competitions, Diego Costa grabbing 5 and 3 goals a piece for Willian and Pedro.
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Also worth noting is our capture of the first piece of Silverware in the game, the community shield, where we beat Pogba and Arsenal 2-1. Well done lads!
Oh, and the teams form isn't too bad either, but it's so close that those 2 games with dropped points mean we are 4th! That's better than normal, right?