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💪💥Liam Rosenior confirms Ryan Kavuma-McQueen and Jesse Derry will travel with the Chelsea squad and be part of the squad for Wrexham. (@LloydCanfield)

Yes. Had Palmer not gotten injured and had carried on the form he was in he would’ve been a £150m+ player if he were on the market. But yeah, Rogers WILL be a £100m but I’m not sure he’s actually worth that YET. Being English, being PL proven, already being at a big club, and being a player his club will be very reluctant to sell. All of that means they’re going to probably want at least Declan Rice money unless their PSR situation is dire again.

agree m8 🖖

we have such an extraordinarily interesting group of ex Chels players to draw upon so diverse in all aspects cheers

I would say that £100m is the price for these players now though. And probably a fee we will struggle to pay. Would hate to see what a genuine world class attacking player would cost, depending on age, could be talking £150-175m.

Get them both in.

In order for us to get Morgan Rogers a bunch of things have to go our way. We have to get UCL football whilst Villa don’t, we have to hope no other big PL clubs are after him, and we almost certainly have to be willing to spend £100m on a player again plus big wages. Personally can’t see all of that aligning. If one of the Manchester clubs go in for him I don’t think we’d have a chance because of the wages they’d offer. But tbh, as much as I like Rogers and think he’s going to continue to be very good, I don’t really see a £100m, “he’s one of the best attackers in the world” level player there. Just looking at the current top English AM’s, he doesn’t feel on Palmer’s or Bellingham’s level when they’re in form. Again, very good player, but not truly world class.

👀Morgan Rogers is the name I keep hearing. 👌Chelsea are keeping a close on Valentin Barco. (@JacobsBen)

He can, yes. I read that Denner is moving to Strasbourg in the summer because Chilwell wants to return to England and most likely will. Denner would play as the regular left-back at Strasbourg.

Can Denner play further forward? With Cucurella and Hato established for LB it doesn't seem likely that there will be enough opportunities in that position to make it sensible to keep him at Cobham. Unless it's thought he could get minutes elsewhere on the pitch. All in all, he is surely set for a loan to Strasbourg or elsewhere isn't he?

Nothing to do with ‘blocking pathways’ They have spent all the money and are in arrears

🔵🗯Speaking to sources, I sense that Rosenior feels that Jorgensen is the one that is more comfortable coming out of his box more often. Within Chelsea, I don't think they feel there is a lot of difference between Jorgensen and Sanchez. Whoever starts in the next league game will be interesting. The arrival of Mike Penders in the summer could also complicate the goalkeeping situation. (@JacobsBen) 👀💥It feels like Chelsea's mass recruitment will start to slow down, starting from the summer. I don't think there will be loads of signings. Chelsea will be thinking about not blocking pathways and who they could also bring from Racing Strasbourg. ✅️Quenda, Anselmino, Penders, Satpaev, Emegha and Denner are also arriving. (@JacobsBen)

Brilliant 🤲

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Liam Rosenior pre-match press conference | Wrexham v Chelsea | FA Cup Pre-match press conference with Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior ahead of Wrexham v Chelsea in the FA Cup fifth round. Chelsea head into the tie after a 4-1 Premier League win away to Aston Villa, with João Pedro scoring a hat-trick and Cole Palmer also on target at Villa Park. Rosenior confirms Roméo Lavia will feature against Wrexham, while Estêvão Willian is back on the pitch but not ready yet and Jamie Gittens is also still not available. He also says there were no fresh injuries from the Aston Villa game. The Chelsea boss speaks about goalkeeper competition between Robert Sanchez and Filip Jorgensen, explains why he will always pick the team he believes can win each game, praises Wrexham and Phil Parkinson, and makes clear Chelsea are taking the tie seriously because it is a real opportunity to win a trophy. ⏱ Timeline 0:00 Team news and Estêvão Willian latest 0:57 Jamie Gittens close and no fresh Villa injuries 1:18 Roméo Lavia set to feature against Wrexham 1:40 Goalkeeper selection and competition explained 2:47 Why winning matters more than continuity 3:57 Robert Sanchez response and squad mentality 4:27 Wrexham rise and Phil Parkinson praise 5:29 Chelsea as favourites and FA Cup pressure 5:58 Why trophy ambition drives Rosenior 7:19 Rotation plans and demands of the schedule 8:01 Rosenior on Arsenal style and respect 8:44 Liam Delap backed amid João Pedro form 9:30 How João Pedro became a box threat 10:53 Outro | Please like the video and subscribe!

So I’m guessing the midfield will probably be Lavia + Santos. Rest Caicedo and Enzo from the start so they’re as fresh as possible for PSG. Hopefully Sarr starts at the back. And if Delap can’t put in a good performance against another lower league side then yikes. Surprised to hear Gittens is just about back. I thought he was done for the season with a torn hamstring?

Estevao is back on the grass but won't feature in this, Lavia is fit and ready to play a part in this No other new injuries

🗯💥Chelsea sporting director Paul Winstanley and Bournemouth's president of football operations Tiago Pinto are also believed to be on Spurs' radar. (@SamiMokbel_BBC)

This will be a great game this, I cannot wait for it. Wrexham are excellent and play some great football, we will need to be really switched on to win this. I think it will be 3-2 us

This would also be dependent upon us qualifying for UCL next season. If we somehow fall off and don't get 4th/5th and end up in Europa next season, I would expect players to be sold to balance the books for UEFA. Keen to see what happens with Forest to end the season as I'd love a CB like Murillo to join us in the summer!

Caicedo definitely struggled in that initial few months of joining but he then showed genuine quality later in the season and was a beast. Gittens showed maybe a couple of flashes so far and will not get the chance to do so again this season with this injury. The only reason we won’t be able to give up on him is because 1, he was so expensive so nobody would give us our money back and 2, he will be coming off of a serious injury. We’re stuck with him next season unless he goes out on loan. Garnacho from the start we knew what we were getting. He’ll frustrate the hell out all of us, he’ll look shocking some games and super effective other games, and he’ll put up decent numbers just like he did at Man United. So no chance he is sold. He’ll always be a decent option to have in the squad. The most expendable wide attacker therefore is obviously Pedro Neto. Thing is, I’m not sure I’d sell him either nor do I think the club/manager will want to either. For a large part of this season he has been our best winger and is a manager’s dream in that he works his ass off. If a huge offer came in we’d probably sell if he wanted to go but I don’t think we’d push him out. My guess therefore is that our only wide attacker “signing” taking into account everything I’ve just said will be Quenda. The idea that this club will go huge on a world class, £80m+ LW and then have 2 £50m ones on the bench seems super far fetched to me.

he turns 19yo in 77 minutes

💥🔵Chelsea, Arsenal, Man United are poised for a battle to sign England Under-19 centre-back Samuel Amissah from Fulham. (@mcgrathmike)

perhaps, but he is still only 21yo time will tell the 4 best (IMHO) right-footed left wingers who are even remotely available are all going to be frightfully expensive (£80m to over £100m perhaps) and IF Vini Jr leaves RM, he will be closer to £150m (and would likely never come here anyway) Kenan Yıldız Bradley Barcola Morgan Rogers (and he is not a pure winger) Yan Diomande after those 4 (all of whom are super hard pulls) I would say the next best (again they must be somewhat available) would be: Rafael Leão (having a great season return per minute wise (10 goals and 2 assists in only 1450 minutes, but he soon turns 27yo, in June) Nico Williams (insane wages though) Anthony Gordon Rodrygo tore up his knee ACL Said El Mala (bonus - he is ambipedal) 19yo, 20yo in August, 1.87m tall, tracking to a 3500 minute return of 24 goals and 12 assists for 1.FC Köln Iliman Ndiaye (but he is 26yo now and turns 27 towards the end of winter next season, plus prefers RW despite being a right-footer) Malick Fofana Kevin Schade Jesús Rodríguez Assane Diao Jean-Mattéo Bahoya Dan Ndoye Antonio Nusa Ibrahim Mbaye Crysencio Summerville Matías Fernández-Pardo loose ends: Cody Gapko has regressed a lot, and Mason Greenwood (who is having a crazy good season) is not an option due to the assault and battery/rape madness the great unavailables at LWer (including a few AMFs (in italics) who are righted footed and do play at times at LW AND also I list Mbappe as he is the best left winger on the planet atm when he plays there, and along with CF Harry Kane and RWer Lamal is DEFFO one of the top 3 players overall, as Håland has went limp lately) Kylian Mbappé Vinicius Junior (may, may leave, although I doubt it) Jamal Musiala (injured still and more of an AMF or SS type than a pure winger) Khvicha Kvaratskhelia ambipedal Désiré Doué (pretty much ambipedal and deffo can play LW as well) Raphinha (the rare lefty who prefers LW) Florian Wirtz (I still think he comes good, but is more of an AMF than a LWer, although he, like Musiala, can play both) Luis Díaz Fermín López Antoine Semenyo Jérémy Doku Marcus Rashford (Barca is buying him perm) Dani Olmo

I agree with the point but what i'm saying is, I wouldn't be shocked if Panichelli or Barco or Moreira end up at other European sides as there will definitely be interest in their services come the next transfer window!