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Friendly | PSG vs Celtic http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2020/friendly-psg-celtic-s3/

Premier league | Watford vs Manchester City http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2020/premier-league-watford-vs-manchester-city-s1/ https://www.totalsportek.com/manchester-city/

Kova and Mount as the Mids? or Jorginho and Kova? or Jorginho and Mount? or are you wishing to see Barkely or RLC in there somewhere? we only have 5 healthy MFers (thats is the total for all 3 MF positions combined) so not a lot of wiggle room

Chelsea star N'Golo Kante ruled out of Liverpool clash as Frank Lampard issues injury update The Frenchman is still struggling with a hamstring complaint https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/players/kante-chelsea-injury-news-update-18635227 FUCK he is ALWAYS injured wtf so sick of this shite we all know (or I assume we all know) that AC never, ever was the same player after that Barca disaster under Conte well I think that Sarri perma-wrecked Kante in the EL last year FUCK it's like certain players have something bad happen, and it never goes away completely it is a rest of career haunting sigh

in my defence, I was working off the assumption that Giroud was gone and that it would be down to Bats but yes, Tammy epically collapsed if we miss out on CL a significant amount of blame belongs on his shoulders

Tonali only wants to go to one club, Inter, and I will be shocked if ends up costing half of Rice, I expect Brescia to extract a lot of cash for Sandro. They are saying €50m at a bare minimum. https://www.tuttosport.com/news/calcio/calciomercato/2020/07/18-71889002/inter_avanti_per_tonali_ed_emerson/

I was making a general statement on the hate, but if the shoe fits....................

not going to argue this with you you have your option, I most definitely have mine Zouma will never be a good enough player to be a top Chels player, he is too limited, he will never reach the level Rudiger was the first 2 years here (and hopefully soon gets back too) Zouma is simply not good enough on the ball, it FAR outstrips any other weakness Rudiger has, and is is just silly to say Rudiger gets bullied by every physical striker, he has been a bully boy plenty of times in the past 3 years. To say he has not is just a flat out gaslight. there are people on here (like you apparently) with massive agendas I bashed Alonso for ages, but long ago backed off when he upped his game as best he could, I bashed Willian (mainly because of that £65m turndown and then how he slowed down play under Sarri) BUT he also has a shedload of intangibles and I REALLY want him to renew unless we but a winger (which is not going to happen if we buy Havertz, and then, thank fuck, Havertz can play RW if needed as well) I defended AC for ages, but he is just shit, same for Kepa BUT the people who are Mount and Rudiger haters here NEVER relent, never give up, almost never give any credit so no not going to play sorry

Monaco 2016/17 was indeed a crapshoot gems 2 Brazil DF Fabinho 8 Portugal MF João Moutinho one of the most underrated players in the last 20 years, he is a god in Portugal, he has well over 800 games for club and country, 15 trophies, including Euro 2016, Europa League, and UEFA Nations League 2019, if Wolves make it to the EL final, he will have 61 games played this season around 5000 minutes, at age 33, baller 9 Colombia FW Radamel Falcao (Captain) (he was only a bust when he was playing in a still injured state in the EPL) 320 goals for club and country , From 2009-13 he was a monster, 142 goals in 4 seasons (34, 38, 36, 34), then again on that Monaco Mbappe team (30 goals) and was the striker on FIFA World XI in 2012 10 Portugal MF Bernardo Silva 29 France FW Kylian Mbappé 34 France DF Abdou Diallo — France FW Allan Saint-Maximin (was on loan at Bastia) busts (big money only) 14 France MF Tiémoué Bakayoko 19 France DF Djibril Sidibé 23 France DF Benjamin Mendy (so far I say bust) 27 France MF Thomas Lemar still to be determined or decent not great 5 Brazil DF Jemerson decent, not anything great CB 18 France FW Valère Germain (he did have 5 good to very good topflight seasons, and will end up with over 100 topflight goals) 24 Italy DF Andrea Raggi (over 400 topflight career games) 25 Poland DF Kamil Glik (close to 400 topflight games and will get there, as is 32yo) 38 Mali DF Almamy Touré TBD just turned 24, still may end up being a decent, but not great RB — Portugal MF Rony Lopes (was on loan at Lille) TBD as after a superb 2017/18 season (17 goals, 12 assists) injuries have fucked him up

no way he accepts a loan back to the Championship meat grinder loan him (IF we loan him) to Sheffield United, he will get bags of playing time and Wilder is a great manager

and also WHY was Lamps trotting out Batshit over him before???????

please, he is not our best CB he is horrid with ball and makes poor errors (ball watching, bad positioning) Rudiger is vastly better when his head is screwed on tight and I said keep him this year anyway, sell him next summer (as we simply cannot buy EVERY player needed now)

in full disclosure the ones NOT on it that we are linked with are (meaning hard pass) Chilwell hell fuck no unless he is £40-45m, and Leicester will never sell him now for that José Gayà €100m release clause, hell NO Alex Sandro too old (30 in January, and Juve can fuck off unless they swap with us (Jorginho + cash for de Ligt, and then still fuck off after, as they want €50m for Sandro!!! ) Alejandro Grimaldo too short, no big 5 experience, never rated him, some did on here, no clue why as he looked for shit the 5 or 6 times I watched him in the past Nicolás Tagliafico same as Grimaldo (short, zero big league experience, plus he has only been at Ajax for 2nd a half years) and he is 28 in 5 weeks, I really fail to see why so many wet up their panties over him Júnior Firpo bust at Barca,(surprisingly so) unless he comes in as a £15m backup, that's a pass, he has lower La Liga written all over him atm, let them gamble on him (Barca really want to sell) Angeliño HELL NO!!!! Paul Merson was on the lash when he open his gob on that one

it is nice to see almost all my long ago LB want list finally being at least talked about NOW, if only the number ONE on it (Theo Hernandez) would be linked! he is literally the only one left who has not been linked AC Milan wants Bakayoko make a swap plus cash deal!! or Emerson plus cash for Theo or even Better they give us £10m + Theo and they get both Emerson and Baka (I rate Theo at £40-45m and Baka and Emerson at £50-55m combined take that £10m, asdd £10m to it and buy Predrag Rajković (forget Oblak, he is NOT worth £200m MORE than Predrag (when you factor in wage differences as well over the next 7 years), that is insane BOOM (yes I know that would be it in terms of Romagnoli, but the more I dig into it, he REALLY doesn't want to leave Italy, plus that cunt Raiolo is way too involved) we also have good relations with Theo's agent, Manuel García Quilón, as he represented the FSW, and Filipe Luis with us yields GK Rajkovic/Kepa/Willy (Kepa may be loaned out, in which case we MAY have to buy a true (and CHEAP!) backup GKer, as Willy is 39 in 2 months,ad god help us if Kepa is on loan and whoever is out first keepers goes down) CB Nikola Milenkovic (1.95m) or Lukas Klostermann (1.89m)/Zouma (sell Zouma next season and buy a better CB (the other one of the two I listed or maybe Tapsoba or Salisu, we cannot do it all this window) CB Rudiger/Tomori (sell AC!!!! for the love of dog, sell him!) LB Theo (keep Alonso) if not Theo (I assume Alaba will not come here) then Telles or Gosens (I would love to get both Telles and Gosens if no Theo and sell Alonso too as Gosens would be superb as a direct replacement for Alonso (Gosens has 10 goals and 8 assists in less than 3000 minutes as a LB, all the goals were real goals, no pens, and many of the 18 total goals produced came against big teams, like Juve, Inter, Napoli, Lazio,, Shakhtar (in the CL), Roma, AC Milan), but again, we cannot do it all this season) RB Azpi/Reece (IF Reece is not going to progress enough, buy Nordi Mukiele next year! as Azpi will be 32 by then (the start of the season after the coming one) ffs Theo and Nordi would give us a MONSTER pair of fullbacks, Theo is 1.84m, Nordi is 1.87m, and both are strong, pacy, and great on defence, Toss Gosens (1.84m) in the mix, Reece (1.82m) or even Telles (almsot same height as Reece basically, 1.81m) and you have superb height (Alonso at 1.88m too, as long as he is around) DMF Rice/Kante (they also can play a double 6 pivot if we play a 4 4 2 with Werner and Havertz as the two strikers) CMF Kovacic/Mount/Gilmour (Sell Barkley) AMF Havertz/Mount/RLC LW Pulisic/CHO (sell CHO next summer or loan him out if he regresses even more all of next season) RW Ziyech/Willian (IF he accepts the 2 years, otherwise, it's big trouble at winger, as unless we play Werner and/or Mount as a LW and Havertz (or even RLC. although I am NOT a fan of that) at RW sometimes, we only will have TWO decent wingers, Puli and Ziyech IF Willian leaves, as CHO is NOT good enough IMHO to be called a good winger, atm, and may never be, due to that Achilles blowout) CF Werner/Giroud/Tammy

amongst the best stats in Europe for GKers this season https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/news/chelsea-transfer-news-kepa-onana-18532245 Predrag Rajkovic Should Chelsea be looking for a Kepa replacement this summer, it is unlikely that they will want to spend as much as they did on the former Athletic Club shot-stopper. Breaking the world record for a goalkeeper twice in three summer windows is not exactly ideal. Moreover, given the investment that has already gone into the squad, including sealing big-money deals for Christian Pulisic, Hakim Ziyech, and Timo Werner over the past 18 months, it is reasonable to think that Chelsea may look for a more economical solution to their goalkeeping problems. Enter Serbian international Predrag Rajkovic. Still only 24, Rajkovic has had quite the career path to this point. Developing at Red Star Belgrade, he emerged into the first team at just 18 years old, playing 28 games in the 2014/15 season. Seemingly set for stardom, he then moved to Maccabi Tel Aviv ahead of the 2015/16 season. He remained in Israel for four seasons, starting regularly each year, before moving to Reims in France ahead of the 2019/20 season. Rajkovic has been sensational this campaign. Reims conceded just 21 goals all season, the fewest in Ligue 1 and three fewer than leaders Paris Saint-Germain. Of the 28 Ligue 1 games, Rajkovic played 27. In the one he didn’t, Reims, who finished sixth, lost 3-0. Per FBREF and Statsbomb, across his 27 appearances, Rajkovic conceded only 18 goals and kept 12 clean sheets. His 44.4% clean-sheet percentage ranks sixth across top-five European leagues. The five goalkeepers ahead of him play for Juventus, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, PSG, and Liverpool. He is keeping quite the company. And he has played his part in this superb defensive effort. His 79.8% save percentage ranks third in the top five leagues. Only Wojciech Szczesny and Alisson are ahead of him. Based on Statsbomb’s post-shot expected goal model, which quantifies how likely a shot is to become a goal, Rajkovic has saved 8.4 more goals than he would be expected to. That ranks sixth in the top five European leagues. Per 90 minutes, he ranks fourth.

Pep is going to start collecting short ass CB's, lol Garcia 1.82m (some sites say 1.83m but no way do I think he is the same height as me, he looks tiny on the pitch, like 1.80 or 1.81 max) Ake 1.80m (I think he is 1.78 or 1.79 without those locks, lolol) Alaba 1.80m Bayern will never sell him now but there were rumours he was interested in Lucas Hernández (1.82m) same for the now 29yo Iñigo Martínez (1.82m)

lets do both! and beat Liverpool and give Bayern a right fucking proper scare enough fucking about next year I want 2005 mentality

the new Chels as a car

to all the Mount haters:

EL schedule they are one of 6 teams you have to say would be called favourites to win, (soon 5 as Sevilla and Roma have to play each other, which is fucked up when you look at the bottom of that side's bracket, Başakşehir v Copenhagen ) BUT Leverkusen will more than likely play my number one pick (Inter, who I have beating Manure or Sevilla (as long as they get their GKer Tomas Vaclík back, without him they may even lose to Roma) in the final) in the next round İstanbul Başakşehir (a.e.t.) 1 4 5

oh, yes, and that list will change a lot for next summer and the summer after that it is only a snapshot in time I guess to sum it up the point was to show that the only players (removing the insanely expensive Mbappe (who can only be afforded by PSG, Shitty, RM and Barca, maybe, maybe Manure, and all of those but PSG would need to trim their salary loads to balance the books) Havertz is in an ultra elite group of 10 players who could be purchased (and Varane is only going to move in a swap + cash deal, and Neymar would ONLY go to RM or more likely, Barca) and are wanted by EVERYONE (even teams who cannot afford them)¨ the ones in red are off the list AFTER next summer as they will be 30yo by spring 2022 (and Varane who will be a 29yo CB for the 2022 summer list, and I take 29yo CB's off, like I did with KK) Neymar (only RM or Barca) Mane Salah Sancho Håland (and will not move I think until summer 2021 or summer 2022) Havertz Lautaro Martinez Saúl Ñíguez (and Atletico are being cray about his release clause) Varane (only way I can see him moving is via a swap for a HUGE player) summer 2021 is his last time on the list, as no one is going to spend £100m on a 29yo CB in summer 2022 (he turns 30yo early spring 2023) Oblak (only 3 teams I can see him moving to are us, Manure, or PSG, as Barca, RM, Shitty are set at GK and Bayern and Juve cannot afford him atm)

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damn, SMS almost tied it up brilliant save by Szczesny

first time in Serie A history two players have had 30 goals

he did miss a fairly easy goal like 10 minutes ago after he did brilliant to get clear