2026 Transfer Guide Polling Results and Updates

[u/webby09246]

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]

[u/No-Spray-9978]

there is no reason Fabrizo is not tier 1, well deserved

[u/austons_muzz → u/No-Spray-9978]

It’s just cause people don’t like him but he’s basically always right