AK-3001

I love how the coach gets blamed for an injury to a player that wasn't a fitness issue. Oh btw, it's the same coach that was being blamed for not playing the same player earlier in the season himself. The coach just can't get a break, can he? I don't want Sarri to go, mostly because I know and have seen his Napoli side and know what he's capable of doing. Also, the present Napoli side under Ancelotti is nowhere close to Sarri's Napoli side of 3 years back with mostly the same players bar Jorginho. I also struggle to understand, what more do you want from manager with this squad? I get it you can blame Sarri for Higuain signing cause he wanted him, but the current crop of players, they're just not good enough to pose a title challenge. The best we could hope for was a Top 4 finish anyway, if we get it, it's a good season re Objectives. Also, just stop this chopping and changing of managers. Look at the Top 3 in the league. All of them have a long twerm project in place, stop the quick fixes and have a project in place. It was always going to be difficult turning a side that was suited to a 3 at the back formation to a 4 at the back posession based style. The full backs we have, every one of them, is not suited to the current system. Our CM looks decent, our attack is dire as hell. CHO produced in Europa but not doing it in league. It's all about Hazard and it's msotly down to the quality of the players, rather than the tactics of the manager. As Pep said at his time in Barcelona, "My Job is to get the players with the ball in the Final Third, the rest is upto them to create."

Every player playing in La Liga has a Release clause..

If he has a good season here, they'll just raise the asking price in the summer. Else he has a release clause of 300 million euros. We've got a great player, but let's not ignore the fact that there is no permanent option in this deal. And yes, it does matter a lot.

Everyone's just casually forgetting about Victor Moses

I stand corrected.

Fair enough.

Clutching at straws? Why would anyone like a post if it is about their future and it's from a player close to that him as well? Would only add more fuel to fire unnecessarily if it was untrue.

More like waste of space

Difficult to buy that. Even if he didn't realize it then, he'd have unliked it by now.

I don't think I can simplify it more than that. Have a sound sleep and we'll get back to this tomorrow

1/4th is a bit too optimistic. More like half. Also, it'll be important as to what we do with the money saved. Buying an absolutely average 35 million player would be a no go.

It's in Euros. So say about 71 million pounds The value being quoted is too much for a GK, I agree.

They haven't. It seems they want 65 + 15 million in bonuses while Liverpool have offered 70. If Chelsea want him really, they have to act and now.

We don't have any leverage with Roma. Napoli had Sarri and we paid more than what City were offering. Liverpool are bidding for what Roma have asked. Not happening.

Good point actually. Emerson too. But I think we'd have acted by now? At this moment, I think he has an 85% chance of joining Liverpool