Vesper

I so hope this is just idle chatter, but I fear it is not. I see us sliding down into a realm between the big 5 and the rest of the flotsam. Maybe it is time for Roman to sell to someone willing to spend what it takes in today's hyper-inflated market.

Would rather we have a go at signing Carlos Soler (21 yo) of Valencia or Trigueros's teammate, Pablo Fornals (22 yo) especially Soler, what a talent!

We are on the exact same page.

The main reason he got this was because the overall state of Left Backs in the EPL this season was horrid. Benjamin Mendy was injured and out for the year very early. 95% sure he would have won if not injured. Man U and Man City mostly use backup MF's as makeshift LB's (Ashley Young and Fabian Delph, with Man U not playing Daley Blind) Danny Rose was hurt for ages and shite when he came back for Spurs, his replacement, ben Davies is nothing special at all Sead Kolasinac has been a semi bust at Arsenal, he barely starts anymore All the rest left in the EPL are worse than those already listed EXCEPT one Andrew Robertson at Liverpool, who has been a revelation. One could make a case he should have won, but he didnt start much for the first part of the season.

Leo Jardim FTW, if we cannot get Simeone

Julien Faubert, another West Ham fullback (see this tosh http://www.talkchelsea.net/transfers/chelsea-and-tottenham-battling-to-sign-west-hams-arthur-masuaku/ as to why I say another) to Real in 2009 was yet another bizarre one. Julien Faubert: I didn’t fall asleep at Madrid – I just closed my eyes because I was bored https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/julien-faubert-i-didnt-fall-asleep-real-madrid-i-just-closed-my-eyes-because-i-was-bored LOLOLOL

I would be SOOOO happy with any of these 6 if we lost Courtois Jan Oblak Alisson Thomas Strakosha Alban Lafont Gianluigi Donnarumma Mattia Perin and wouldn't not lose my mind at all with these Kepa Arrizabalaga Alex Meret Gerónimo Rulli André Onana Alphonse Areola Sergio Rico

Figo was a boss!

he is pure SHITE, what a massive, massive disappointment. SELL HIM

I assume that this slant is that May, if she and Parliament go all out against Russia over the spy poisoning, etc, may do things like seize or freeze Abramovich's assets here in the UK, or revoke his residence permit, etc. Abramovich is thick as thieves with Putin for ages, so it could get ugly.

The main reason I posted him was to answer the other poster as to why dont we buy our own young potential (emphasis on potential) top strikers. Last year was the year to get him on the cheap. I say we revisit this in 3 years and see how good Pelligri turns out to be.PiPetrPell

Pietro Pellegri, we could have signed him for £25-35m or so in January 16 yo, youngest player to score a brace in Serie A history, joint youngest Serie A player ever, already big, tall, strong, fast, cannon shot. Monaco have him now, so in 2, 3, years , if he lives up to his vast potential, he will sell for well over £100m

We are close to being on the same page, I just went for a complete sell off and replace. the centre back I want is, as stated, Kalidou Koulibaly, he is unreal. I have wanted him for 2 plus years now. As for the midfielder (we obviously will not be able to pull off my 1st and 2nd choices Saul Niguez or Sergej Milinkovic-Savic) I think Radja Nainggolan might be an option, although he turns 30 in a few months. He is also a 2,3 times fail-to-get Italian disaster transfer nightmare (along with Alex Sandro and Koulibaly). Those 3 were so damaging to us when we didn't get them as we waited for all 3 multiple times and ended up settling for players nowhere near the level of those three. Thiago from Bayern might be an option as they are bringing in another target I screamed for last year (Leon Goretzka, PLUS another they also bought ANOTHER MF player we should have also tried to buy last year, Corentin Tolisso) For RW Chiesa or Malcom, either works for me.

OMG those 2 videos were sooooo depressing (and so accurate) Bakayoko is to Conte what Branislav Ivanović was to Mourinho and Guus Hiddink in 2015-16, they both kept getting started when they were absolute shite.

Horrid news. We so so need Giroud to pull a superman in a phone box (a BLUE one!) Also Hudson-Odoi will have to have baptism by fire too. I wish we had signed Anthony Modeste in the summer as backup, instead of watching him go to China, he is a BEAST!!!