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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!

My only concern with Gittens is that he looks just as raw as Tyrique George and we sent him on loan to Everton. Caicedo/Cucurella took a little time to settle but again they had PL experience from Brighton. I don't see how we carry both Gittens and Garnacho next season and then we very likely have young Quenda coming into the first team squad as well.

Really? We’ve done 12 deals in the last calendar year. Wheres the investigation or transfer ban? You do it right & at fair market value, they cannot do anything. If we are really interested in any Straosborg player/coach we would get it done… like Sarr, Emegha, Rosenoir. Doesn’t mean we want to sign every player Strasbourg have or that we will get them cheap. We have first refusal effectively. In the case of Diarra, who knows what happened but we already had Caicedo, Fernandez, Lavia, Santos in those positions. Suppose it depends on the players but would say we have a huge upper hand. Countless players signed like Sarr, Emegha, Panichelli, Barco, I’d imagine they were identified & signed by BlueCo for Strasbourg to move through the multi club model to come here at some stage. Would you not agree?

Hope we can keep this run going. Cup we havent won for years..just set losses in the final records. Tough game they're no push over. But neither are we when we play at our best

Garnacho looks ok but also looks like he doesn’t have another level to reach. He looks like a player who has already reached his potential.

Garnacho has been alright for me, last night he did a lot of good things, but I would still love to have another top class winger who starts on the left and Garnacho as bench option

we can not afford giving opportunities like that to a shit player. he needs to go. we need to choose between garnacho and gittsens. both can't stay with us next season

The reason I'm willing to give time to Gittens is because he is young, Caicedo was very bad first season as well Cucu. I would wait for another season with Gittens to decide.

gittens is poor. He among Neto needs to be sold

Yes I agree I think Neto is one we need to get rid of. I was wanting him gone last summer but he helped a lot, and he still does. But I just think that is his ceiling, and is best to get the best money we can while he still at that level. Also agree with Cucu he still is good and Hato still not sure. Hato might come good but is good to have the experience of Cucu in the team, as we need experience as well. Gittens I am willing to give more time time, agree on the rest.

I think he will rest Cucu, James, Joao, Enzo and bring them on sometime in the second half unless we have a decent lead, Risky, but he has to be thinking about PSG.

Hopefully Estevão is fit for this. Eed to be getting him, Lavia, and Cucu some competitive minutes back in their legs.

This will be a harder game than last night, good side Wrexham and they will fight for everything

Need to keep Cucu he is elite level, sell Neto to Saudi as he would still fetch great money Sell Tosin, Badshit, Delap, Disasi and Gittens

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Cucurella is getting sold in the summer, Enzo probably staying another season. Get rid of Neto as well.

Jorgensen didn't have much to do, I still get serious anxiety when we are passing it around at the back and to the keeper

Jorgensen had a solid night. That goal he gave up was not on him.

🔵🔥Chelsea begins new contract negotiations with Moises Caicedo and other players. Chelsea has begun new contract negotiations with key midfielder Moises Caicedo as several urgent contract matters are pending at the club. Chelsea has a number of players who want to negotiate new contract terms or need to extend their contracts. Both Reece James and Marc Cucurella have only two years left on their contracts in the summer, meaning these two situations need to be resolved very soon. However, Caicedo has a contract until 2031, and even that includes an option for the club to extend it for another year. Our sources believe that Chelsea and Caicedo are currently negotiating improved contract terms. The Blues midfielder has brought in new representatives to help with negotiations for this new contract, which is not expected to include an extension of his contract in terms of duration. We have heard that the negotiations are about a "pay rise for performance." So basically, he is likely to demand both a higher base salary and better bonuses. Caicedo is currently happy at Chelsea, so sources do not expect any major problems in this matter. However, talks are still at an early stage, so we do not yet know how they will turn out, if at all, as both parties have decided to remain silent. Caicedo is very interested in new and improved contract terms, however, as he believes he has earned them due to his consistently good performances. Chelsea therefore wants to reward him with better terms while fending off serious interest from PSG, Real Madrid, and the Saudi league. Our sources have also heard that Chelsea wants to offer Reece James a contract extension. However, the situation is currently quite relaxed. We expect talks on this to begin soon. We have not heard anything about Marc Cucurella. At present, it does not appear that contract negotiations for an extension beyond 2028 are planned. We know that Cucurella wants to play in Spain again before he gets too old, so this is something to keep an eye on, possibly in the summer. As for Enzo Fernandez, our best source has simply said that we "have to wait until the summer." Both Real Madrid and PSG are very interested in the Argentine midfielder, and as I have reported several times, Fernandez has always wanted to play for the Spanish club one day. However, he is by no means unhappy at Chelsea and is enjoying his time here much more this season. (@SimonPhillips) 👀Enzo F. & Cucurella👀

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Manchester United have reportedly cooled their interest in a possible transfer move for Galatasaray striker Victor Osimhen. (Foot Mercato)