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He also said Luiz was not coming last summer, just before his transfer back to Chelsea. He has been wrong. He is more reliable than others if that is your point though.

I don't believe Marina decides how much Chelsea can pay for a player. She negotiates, she doesn't decide how much Chelsea can pay for a player. The board as a group decides how much they are willing to pay for a player. And it is her job to negotiate that aligns with those views.

Some of you are desperate for any type of transfers. breathe man, we will be alright.

Both likely true. I like Morata and his possible potential, but at the end of the day he is far from proven. He is not Mbappe or another extremely talented 18 year old where the potential is worth the risk. I don't think he should be going for anything over what Andre Silva and Alex Lacazette went for.

I really don't believe there is much of a difference between Batshuayi and Lukaku, different players and all but can't convince me that Lukaku is a much better player.

Absolute insanity what Real demands for Morata, the guy has never proven himself as a main striker. Even Woodward was not stupid enough to pay Madrid valuation.

Marina is really just a negotiator; she doesn't decide how much Chelsea pays for a player, i am sure that decision comes somewhere else. If they tell here the most we are willing to pay for Lukaku is 60m, and Everton demand is far from that. There is nothing she could do.

Lukaku for 100m? Think about that for a second, he would be the most expensive footballer ever and first player ever to be worth 100m.

Good question, what do they know that every reporter doesn't know. I wonder if Costa to China being put off has changed things, they were expecting huge fees for Costa. Atletico are likely not even going to pay half of that sum. It would have been much easier for Chelsea to fork out the hefty fee when knowing Costa sale would have financed it. Now its not the case.

Because some random Colombian Jurno says it is fake, then it must be fake? He offers no explanation or investigation into it. Those quotes are believed to be from his time in Germany.

England is the biggest issue, the step from first team Chelsea and the reserves/development squad is immense. This is not only a Chelsea problem but England in general, it shows really if you look at low amount young talent that is produced in the PL and the England NT. Unless England changes its leagues setup everything else is secondary.

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/824592/Chelsea-Transfer-News-Antonio-Rudiger-Roma-gossip-rumours

Maybe it wasn't the English game, maybe it was Chelsea the reason he didn't realize his potential. Coutinho flopped at Inter, and became a star at Liverpool. Was it the league or he was a bad fit at Inter? Kevin De Bruyne had similar results at Chelsea, but came back to the PL and is one of the best in the league. Also you look at Cuardado who failed at Chelsea, but when he was at Juventus he put in really good performances in the CL against Man City. He would never put in that type of performance for Chelsea even with similar opposition. So i particularly don't like that logic, if a player fails at a new league/club then to conclude the new league he moved to is superior to his old one. Too many variables to reach such conclusion. I do believe though some players are better fit for certain leagues.

I don't particularly rate him, but fair enough if you prefer him over those payers. The part when you said "whoever" was over the top. He is a good poacher, and fits Spuds system really well. Doesn't create enough on his own, not particularly very technical either for me rate him.

You went full Wiz, never go full wiz. Overeating Dele like TheWiz overrates Matic.

He is going back on loan though. With all the signings they have made, none scream a Lukaku replacement.

Chelsea youth policy is a good business policy, but a horrible football policy.

What if say Mendy was interested in coming to Chelsea, and the board spent all this time pursuing Sandro who at the end never wanted to come to Chelsea. This pursuit of Sandro costed us the opportunity to sign Mendy. Of course there is blame. Ultimately the biggest issue with Chelsea recent transfer pursuits has been going after players that either didn't want to come or the club didn't want to sell.

Don't know who that is, but a lot people on this forum believed it. Kinda typical tbf, every fanbase create these type of delusions. ex; Club is waiting for stocks to raise before announcing new players, the club is waiting on the manager to return from vacation, new kits/sponsors, etc.

Tbf his contract expired yesterday with City, so him being announced today makes perfect sense.

He also said Alvaro Morata agreed terms with Milan, that never happen.

He is nothing like Daniel Sturridge, but sign me up for a better version of Sturridge in any case. Imo if Sturridge could have stayed healthy he would be one of the best strikers in the game.

Says there is a buy back clause in Traore deal, in France there is no such thing as a buy back clause. So i am not sure this article could be trusted regarding both.

I like Rudiger, not my ideal type of CB but i still rate him. Good addition.

I recall we were linked with him when he was at Stuttgart, yeah you are definitely right.