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Nicolas Pépé

rtwelch said:
Hypothetically, If Sane was available for the same price which one would you want?
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Sané. He's proven in the PL - and IMO one of the best wingers out there. With that being said, I think Pépé would be an absolutely amazing signing!

 
I was unconvinced about Pepe earlier in the season because while his movement was dangerous, it seemed to me that he missed a lot of chances and his first touch seemed sub-par for a side that faces a lot of deep-lying defences (like Chelsea). 

His finishing and first touch have both improved a lot though, plus he's provided quite a few assists, which suggests a reasonably unselfish nature, so I'd be much more enthusiastic about his signing. The only real area for improvements would be 1) his strength - he seems a bit lightweight for the PL and 2) defensive contribution, in which he can be a bit lazy. But those can be addressed.

 
If we are genuinely interested, then no doubt Drogs has put in a word to his fellow Ivorian .... ?

 
Jim Ratcliffe, who was rumoured to have wanted to buy Chelsea, has had a bid accepted to buy OGC Nice. Reckon this could make it easier or harder for us to land Pepe in future?

Could make it easier should he be close to buying Chelsea and also has a season ticket with us?

Could prove difficult as he's bitter we wouldn't accept his offer to buy the club?

 
RIP Mourinho said:
Jim Ratcliffe, who was rumoured to have wanted to buy Chelsea, has had a bid accepted to buy OGC Nice. Reckon this could make it easier or harder for us to land Pepe in future?
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Interesting that he's buying another club. 

If he really was interested in buying Chelsea then he must have got a pretty firm "no" from Roman to have bought a club elsewhere. 

Unless he's got plans on buying more than one club.... Is that even allowed? 

 
ForeverCarefree said:
Interesting that he's buying another club. 

If he really was interested in buying Chelsea then he must have got a pretty firm "no" from Roman to have bought a club elsewhere. 

Unless he's got plans on buying more than one club.... Is that even allowed? 
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I think Man City and NYC FC are owned by the same people, so I would guess maybe it's allowed?

Although, NYC FC would never compete in any European competitions, so maybe that mitigates the conflict of interest.  Owning 2 clubs in Europe seems like would cause an issue somewhere.

Edit: it was brought to our attention that Pepe, in fact, plays for Lille and not Nice, so Ratcliffe will have no say in the matter  :laugh2:

 
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ForeverCarefree said:
Interesting that he's buying another club. 

If he really was interested in buying Chelsea then he must have got a pretty firm "no" from Roman to have bought a club elsewhere. 

Unless he's got plans on buying more than one club.... Is that even allowed? 
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Think City and Arsenal owners both own multiple clubs don't they?

£100m is next to nothing to buy OGC Nice, so if he's interested in Chelsea i doubt it would make much difference. 

 
ForeverCarefree said:
Interesting that he's buying another club. 

If he really was interested in buying Chelsea then he must have got a pretty firm "no" from Roman to have bought a club elsewhere. 

Unless he's got plans on buying more than one club.... Is that even allowed? 
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You can own multiple clubs. I believe the issue becomes when the clubs could potentially face one another. I believe there were rumors City's owners were looking at a championship side, or maybe league 1 and they said they could do it, but if the club got promoted all the way to the premier league they would have to sell one of the clubs. Now, I don't know how that would work in cup competitions or across different footballing associations. I imagine there would be some kind of tampering thing that would go on if say Nice and Chelsea were owned by the same people and ended up playing in the group stage or knockout round of a European competition. But I am not familiar with the actual rules that govern against this.

 
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RIP Mourinho said:
Think City and Arsenal owners both own multiple clubs don't they?

£100m is next to nothing to buy OGC Nice, so if he's interested in Chelsea i doubt it would make much difference. 
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I think you can have shares in a club to make them sister clubs as such. 

I'd be interested to know if City/Arsenal own other clubs outright. 

I know Chelsea have partnerships with some clubs, official agreements that mostly assist with academy development. 

 
RIP Mourinho said:
Jim Ratcliffe, who was rumoured to have wanted to buy Chelsea, has had a bid accepted to buy OGC Nice. Reckon this could make it easier or harder for us to land Pepe in future?

Could make it easier should he be close to buying Chelsea and also has a season ticket with us?

Could prove difficult as he's bitter we wouldn't accept his offer to buy the club?
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Doesnt Pepe play for Lille, not Nice? Am i missing something really obvious?

 
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ForeverCarefree said:
I think you can have shares in a club to make them sister clubs as such. 

I'd be interested to know if City/Arsenal own other clubs outright. 

I know Chelsea have partnerships with some clubs, official agreements that mostly assist with academy development. 
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City's owners also own a club in the US and Australia if I'm not mistaken. Arsenal owners owned the Rams from NFL, highly doubt Kroenke wants to buy any other club that doesn't make money given how in love he is with the Rams

 
RIP Mourinho said:
Jim Ratcliffe, who was rumoured to have wanted to buy Chelsea, has had a bid accepted to buy OGC Nice. Reckon this could make it easier or harder for us to land Pepe in future?

Could make it easier should he be close to buying Chelsea and also has a season ticket with us?

Could prove difficult as he's bitter we wouldn't accept his offer to buy the club?
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Highly unlikely since Pepe plays at Lille.

 
L'Equipe is reporting that Inter and Liverpool have submitted 70m euro bids for Pepe.  Really hope he doesn't end up at Liverpool, hoping that the fact he's a Chelsea fan keeps him away from there.

 
mwblue10 said:
L'Equipe is reporting that Inter and Liverpool have submitted 70m euro bids for Pepe.  Really hope he doesn't end up at Liverpool, hoping that the fact he's a Chelsea fan keeps him away from there.
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be an odd move for him surely, hardly going to replace Salah and Mane. 

 
Adamrb said:
be an odd move for him surely, hardly going to replace Salah and Mane. 
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I think he'd get plenty of games, and the money would be much better.  I think Pepe can play as a no9 if needed too, so there's that option as well.  Could be that Mane or Salah will move on in the next couple of years too, never know.  But mostly I agree with you, it wouldn't be the ideal move if he's looking to start every game.

 
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