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He won't be joining them till January.

I expect Conte to field a squad that will be close to our starting XI.

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So he was still a Chelsea player after all. We now have inferior players in a similar position instead. Great business!

Didn't Kante win the league last season? [emoji53] Anyway, I don't see any proposed move for Lukaku being good business.

Playing for Everton and Chelsea are on par. [emoji1] Scoring more goals for middle table side doesn't make you better.

That might be the case, but any other bidder could have matched/bettered us, so the decision was Kante's. I don't think Lukaku is worth £50m, let alone £75m+. This whole situation just screams stupidity to me. We have better CF's in our squad, better options available for less and he isn't needed IMO. Costa HAS to be leaving immediately for any of this to make the slightest bit of sense.

He "supposedly" had a £20m release clause and we paid over £30m. Decent value all in all, but something wasnt right.

The Prem is a different world. There's no value to be had.

New name, new player. [emoji3]

They've bought Milik to fill the Higuain void. I expect it's the usual newpaper BS.

Gamble at €32m.

Me too. I was surprised that not only did PSG let him go (thought Maxwell was off), but also the fact Barca seemingly had clear path to get him.

PSG won't be parting way with Kurzawa after selling Digne. There isn't a LB available that can really defend and attack that comes to mind. Shame a certain player that did both was sold.

Baba's defensive game was poor in all honesty, but he was by far the most talented FB we had going foward. Iva shouldn't be dropped; he should be kidnapped and be left off somewhere in Italy.

Sterling again.

Really?! You must be in the small minority.

I guess we'll just have to twiddle our thumbs till it gets over the line, if that's actually the case.

Laurentiis is a pain, but I'm sure this deal would have been done if we offered what they are after. I expect the board are trying to bargain with them thus no development.

The club won't cough up for Koulibaly, but they're are willing to pay through the nose for a downgrade on what we already have. [emoji25]

They play with two and Correa is more useful as a winger. Atletico will make sure this rumbles on till something significant happens.

Have no idea what Conte is trying to do/prove in our last few games. He's not a CF and never will be.

I have the same train of thought. Seems like bad business on the club's part to try and cut our loss when It's a problem position.

I personally think Pedro was able to do what he did because he was in that great Barca squad, but I don't see him getting anywhere near those levels here (if he stays). Hazard doesn't have a killer instinct IMO and prefers to slow the game or pass instead of shooting. He needs to be more ruthless at times to be an even bigger asset.

In Spain. How many times has he squanded chances in the last year?