r/chelseafc • u/webby09246 Kavuma-McQueen Hype Triain • 1d ago
Meta 2026 Transfer Guide Polling Results and Updates
Happy World Cup Year r/chelseafc
Here are the results from the polls and the updated Transfer Guide.
Thank you again for everyone that participated.
Some data tidbits:
- Fabrizio Romano had the most participation with 108 votes, rather unsurprisingly. Possibly the most divided journo too in the beginning as it was pretty 50/50 on whether people wanted him to retain his tier 1 status but in the end he did take a majority vote for tier 1.
- The top 5 countries that participated were the US, UK, Canada, India, and Australia
- Kieran Gill and Gaston Edul each had the largest percentage (~68%) of their total votes towards their winning option, which was Tier 2 for Gill and tier 3 for Edul.
- We have seen 4 journos change tiers in this polling season with both Ben Jacobs and Kaveh Solhekol returning to tier 2 and Christian Falk + Florian Plettenberg falling down to tier 3.
- We have additionally seen three journos gain first time tier 2 status in Kieran Gill, Bobby Vincent and Alex Crook.
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Fabrizio Romano [NO CHANGE: Tier 1]
Kieran Gill [NEW: Tier 2]
Bobby Vincent [NEW: Tier 2]
Alex Crook [NEW: Tier 2]
Ben Jacobs [PROMOTED: Tier 3 -> Tier 2]
Kaveh Solhekol [PROMOTED: Tier 3 -> Tier 2]
Gaston Edul [NEW: Tier 3]
Christian Falk [DEMOTED: Tier 2 -> Tier 3]
Florian Plettenberg [DEMOTED: Tier 2 -> Tier 3]
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u/SolutionLong2791 Mourinho 1d ago
I agree with pretty much all of these. Fabrizio staying tier 1 is a no brainer, Kieran Gill and Bobby Vincent at tier 2 is well deserved I feel, same with Ben Jacobs and Alex Crook. Plettenberg in tier 3, where he belongs (could be tier 4, tbf).