OhForAGreavsie

Ben Arfa, quality? Flatters to deceive in my book.

It's a million and a half a month as near as a damn it. There are four and a third weeks in the average month. This might seem pedantic, and apologies if it does, but actually I think it's important to get the full horific scale of what these people are being paid.

Has Rybolovlev lost interest or is his divorce settlement biting into the amount of financial support he can give to his team?

Hope Salah is going on loan to Palace. Even though he's down the pecking order a bit, it's not likely that he'd be allowed to leave unless he was to be replaced and replaced, we'd have to assume, with someone Jose is more likely to find useful.

The summer window closes at midnight CEST on Tuesday 2nd September so that's 11pm on Monday 1st September UK time (BST).

Go away you fool. This forum doesn't need you.

And yet we signed more players in January than Jose said we would do.

Generally I agree with what you've said but I disagree with this bit. Rom has not dropped off, people have simply seen enough of him to form a more realistic appraisal of his abilities.In terms of being a leading striker for any of the game's top clubs, Rom's technique is deficient and this will be a problem for him. He is one of those players who, when he scores, will get more than his fair share of praise but who, when he's not scoring, will find the spotlight focuses on his shortcomings. I do not believe that any Chelsea manager will ever be happy to go into a season with Rom slated to be our leading striker. Technical excellence is what I think we need. If the club agrees then it'll have to look elsewhere because Rom won't supply that.

This may be true, who knows. What is definitely true is that, in every single transfer window during which Jose has been Chelsea manager, we have signed more players than he originally said we would.