Todd Boehly risked a lot by deciding not to hire a sporting director, but to play it himself and take care of Chelsea’s entire transfer window. It wasn’t the brightest idea, he was “running” from one meeting to another, it seemed like he was working without a plan, and in the absence of help, he didn’t even manage to finish all the work. At least not the way he wanted.Southampton rejected a £50m bid for Romeo Lavia from Chelsea on deadline day, having only signed the midfielder for £12m earlier in the summer. (Fabrizio Romano) pic.twitter.com/U38bOQG4q5— Transfer News Central (@TransferNewsCen) September 3, 2022 And Boehly wanted to sweeten his summer shopping with a quality “six”. However, 50 million euros for Edson Alvarez was flatly rejected by Ajax with the explanation “you remembered too late” – the transfer window had already closed in the Netherlands at that time. Allegedly, another Dutch giant, PSV, lowered the ramp for Ibrahim Sangare, and racing against the clock almost made him do something crazy.Ivan Toney goal-machine, Chelsea and Bournemouth come back to win, Wolves finally beat someoneTwo days after the closing of the summer market on the Island, another interesting story reaches us. Apparently, Chelsea offered Southampton 58 million euros for Romeo Lavia on the last day of the transfer window. A guy unknown to many, Lavia arrived in the south of England this summer from Manchester City for slightly more than 12 million euros. He made his debut for the Citizens’ first team in September of last year in the League Cup, playing the entire game against Wycombe, and at the beginning of 2022, he registered another seven minutes against Swindon Town in the FA Cup. He never made his Premier League debut for City.Wiping out cross-city boundaries and exorcising Chelsea’s number nine demons: Auba is backIt was only after his arrival in Southampton that he felt the magic of playing in the English elite since he had played 420 minutes, or less than five games, since the start of the season in the Premier League. He played that last, “incomplete” one in the middle of the week against Chelsea when he scored his debut goal. It was enough for them to assess his value at Stamford Bridge.Chelsea’s biggest signing in the transfer window was VAR pic.twitter.com/kOBPDvGuhG— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) September 3, 2022 But from Southampton they said – no, Lavia is not for sale, although in less than two months they could earn five times more money on the 18-year-old Belgian… At Saint Mary’s they believe that they will get more money in the future. They also believe in him at the Etihad. Allegedly some of City’s leaders highly value the Belgian and believe that in the future he will be at the necessary level to play for the first team of the current champion of England, and have insured themselves with a return clause of 46 million euros. And already this summer, Chelsea was ready to offer more…ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 6SaturdayEverton – Liverpool 0-0Brentford – Leeds 5-2 (2-1)/Toney 30 pen, 43, 58, Mbeumo 80, Wissa 90+2 – Sinisterra 45+1, Roca 79/Chelsea – West Ham 2-1 (0-0)/Chilwell 76, Havertz 88 – Antonio 62/Newcastle – Crystal Palace 0-0Nottingham Forest – Bournemouth 2-3 (2-0)/Kouyate 34, Johnson 45+2 – Billing 51, Solanke 63, Anthony 87/Tottenham – Fulham 2-1 (1-0)/Hojberg 40, Kane 75 – Mitrovic 83/Wolves – Southampton 1-0 (1-0)/Podence 45+1/Aston Villa – Manchester City 1-1 (0-0)/Bailey 74 – Haaland 50/Sunday 16.00: (1.96) Brighton (3.50) Leicester (4.50)18.30: (2.70) Man.Utd. (3.35) Arsenal (2.80)***odds are subject to change
