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he is a right proper prick so is Sarri, that smokey old twat so is the board for not cashing in they deserve each other and meanwhile it all fucks the team and us fans

China has new ultra harsh regulations (this is months-old news) super strict salary caps and limits on foreigners no more foreign players will go there unless they are worthless

I have no sympathy for anyone in this entire saga. Zero fucks to give at this point. I will say the number one villain in all this is Marina and the board.

£1.28m still a win for Manure to get anything for that dung beetle (who is soon 35, lololol) I detest that fucking goon dirty thug, one of the true cheap shot artists in the EPL over the last decade https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51142447 Conte is a fool to desire such shit IMHO, but who the hell knows, with Serie A a slowpoke league atm

apparently no one saw this IF we are looking for a crunching DMF (which we bloody well need IMHO) then this lad is NOT it

all these fucking loans, and then the players ofttimes are near wuthless at the end and/or walk on frees the crazy salaries Marina negotiated in the first place bollocks us hard too in terms of getting clubs to perm buy at fair market value I have to lol at some who think our loan system is overall a net plus (not talking about youngsters who are scheduled to eventually come into the first team, there we are doing oki) when it never remotely comes close to clawing back transfers fees and salaries wasted on shit buys. what little we do make on dregs like Miazga (not even sure if we will turn a profit on him at the end of the day, hopefully we do), etc, is destroyed by the Drinkwaters and Bakayokos, the Babas and Zappacostas, etc etc of the world. I cannot wait for the new rules to kick in and hopefully we start liquidating now, before they do and we are stuck with a logjam of shit in a saturated market As a Chelsea fan I do not give a toss if Moses or Pantic or Bakayoko is out on loan l. Just sell them before we get burnt even more. Out on loan (sell all of these ffs before we get burnt with loan limits and/or before they are total worthless or walk on frees)) GK Jamal Blackman (to Vitesse until 30 June 2020) <<< he is 27yo this year and clearly we will never play him on the first team DF Juan Castillo (to Ajax until 30 June 2020) (Ajax have option to buy, which they will use, I still have no clue why we sold our best LB prospect when we are fucked at LB) DF Matt Miazga (to Reading until 31 May 2020) DF Baba Rahman (to Mallorca until 30 June 2020) << one of our worst buys ever DF Davide Zappacosta (to Roma until 31 January 2020)<<< another pure shit panic and overpriced buy MF Tiémoué Bakayoko (to Monaco until 30 June 2020) <<< I think Monaco buys him perm, thank dog MF Danny Drinkwater (to Aston Villa until 30 June 2020) << words fail me MF Lewis Baker (to Fortuna Düsseldorf until 30 June 2020) << being sent back for disciplinary reasons, sell him, he has no future here at all MF Kenedy (to Getafe until 30 June 2020) <<< may walk on a free, if not, renew and SELL, we were numpty cunts for not taking Newcastles quid and demanding outrageous overpay from them, we never will come close to making that loss up if he walks on a free (so typical) MF Luke McCormick (to Shrewsbury Town until 31 May 2020) MF Victor Moses (to Fenerbahçe until 30 June 2020) <<< all I can say is grrrrrrr MF Charly Musonda (to Vitesse until 30 June 2020) <<< what a waste of talent, arfffff MF Nathan (to Atlético Mineiro until 30 June 2020) << we just renewed him, but it was startegic to sell him due to season end and the Brasilians shit money situ. NOW, that said, IF we do not sell him when it gets sorted, thenjust FUCK OFF (as at that point, it was all just a lie) MF Danilo Pantić (to Fehévár until 30 June 2020) MF Mario Pašalić (to Atalanta until 30 June 2020) << Atalanta is buying him in the summer, so one of the rare good outcomes all-round FW Izzy Brown (to Luton Town until 31 May 2020) smdh FW Lucas Piazon (to Rio Ave until 30 June 2020) smdh 2.0 then finally, a non-loan tragedy MF Marco van Ginkel (he may walk on a free, but wants to renew, lol, if we do renew, as soon as he is healthy, sell him) keep FW Ike Ugbo (to Roda JC until 30 June 2020) DF Ethan Ampadu (to RB Leipzig until 30 June 2020) MF Dujon Sterling (to Wigan Athletic until 31 May 2020) MF Conor Gallagher (to Swansea City until 31 May 2020) DF Trevoh Chalobah (to Huddersfield Town until 31 May 2020) DF Marc Guehi (to Swansea City until 31 May 2020) GK Nathan Baxter (to Ross County until 30 June 2020) <<< tbh, no clue here, I am very unfamiliar with his talent and future finally, these 3 we need to decide soonish on, as none appear to be Chels quality atm, and they will take up loan cap space eventually I think (depending on the rules) DF Jake Clarke-Salter (to Birmingham City until 31 May 2020) <<< we do soon have to decide what we are going to do with him before the other 2, he turns 23yo and seems like he is not Chels talent to me atm DF Josh Grant (to Plymouth Argyle until 31 May 2020) DF Richard Nartey (to Burton Albion until 31 May 2020)

Why Chelsea are putting faith in Steve Cooper and Swansea: from U17 World Cup glory to promise of stylish football https://theathletic.com/1537911/2020/01/16/conor-gallagher-chelsea-swansea-transfer-loan/ After six very productive months at Charlton Athletic, Conor Gallagher has a new temporary home in Swansea. Chelsea’s decision to recall him from south London and send him to South Wales this month has raised a few eyebrows — and annoyed Charlton manager Lee Bowyer — but the logic behind it is comprehensive and the potential benefits go beyond one promising footballer’s development. Sources have told The Athletic that Chelsea’s academy staff are hoping to build a lasting relationship that could see Swansea City become the preferred loan destination for some of their brightest prospects in the years to come. It is likely that others will follow Gallagher, and defender Marc Guehi, in being farmed out from Cobham to the Liberty Stadium. Gallagher’s first three months in senior football went better than he or anyone else expected. Five goals from midfield in his first 12 appearances established him as the most exciting talent in Chelsea’s cohort of loanees, as well as helping to propel Charlton to the fringes of the Championship play-off race. But gravity came for Bowyer’s newly-promoted side long before his recall did. Charlton now lie 19th, five points above the relegation places, having won just one of their last 15 Championship matches. Gallagher remained a key starter for them but Chelsea did not feel his long-term development would be best served by a relegation battle in the second tier — particularly when his early performances had turned so many heads at clubs with loftier ambitions. Swansea, seventh in the Championship, tick that particular box. And unlike leaders West Bromwich Albion, who also pushed hard to get Gallagher, they could also offer credible assurances he would walk straight into their starting midfield. Maintaining regular playing time for the remainder of the season was unsurprisingly the top priority for Chelsea, as well as for the 19-year-old and his representatives. Gallagher spent Tuesday at Cobham and trained with the first team, giving Frank Lampard — loaned to Swansea for a season himself as a West Ham United teenager in the mid-1990s — the opportunity to get another look at him up close. But the plan was always to send him straight back out, with former academy coaches Jody Morris and Joe Edwards continuing to offer the regular advice and encouragement from afar that they provided throughout his time at The Valley. Discussions about his next destination factored in statistical analysis of each interested team’s style. Swansea’s emphasis on short passing, possession play and creation with the ball were all regarded as positives in their case for helping Gallagher to continue honing his tactical and technical attributes. All moves are made with the ultimate goal of a first-team breakthrough at Stamford Bridge in mind. But undoubtedly Swansea’s most significant asset in their pursuit of Gallagher, as it was for Guehi last week, was manager Steve Cooper. The former Liverpool academy manager led a talented England squad featuring both players to win the Under-17 World Cup in 2017 and personally spoke to them to explain his development plan and how they would fit into his team. Five Chelsea players appeared in that final against Spain in India: Guehi, Gallagher, Callum Hudson-Odoi, George McEachran and Jonathan Panzo (now at Monaco). They are pictured below with Rhian Brewster, the Chelsea academy old boy and now Liverpool striker who is currently on loan at… Swansea. Back row, left to right: Guehi, Hudson-Odoi, Panzo and Gallagher. Front row: McEachran and Brewster Cooper is highly regarded at Cobham. As coach of the England under-16s and later the under-17s, he often found himself at Chelsea’s training ground to watch training and matches, talking to staff about the many talented teenagers making their way through the most dominant youth academy in the country. Time and familiarity helped build close professional relationships. Edwards, now part of Lampard’s backroom staff, often saw Cooper at St George’s Park when he spent a year as an assistant to then-England under-18s coach Neil Dewsnip. Before and after every international camp, Cooper made Edwards and Jim Fraser, Chelsea’s assistant head of youth development, his first ports of call at Cobham when liaising about player performance and progress. The connections between Swansea and Chelsea don’t end there. The Welsh club’s chairman, Trevor Birch, was chief executive at Stamford Bridge in 2002 when head of youth development Neil Bath was first handed senior academy responsibilities. But it is Cooper’s presence that provides the foundation for what both clubs hope will prove a sustained and successful working relationship. Chelsea academy staff trust him to take the lead in developing Guehi, Gallagher and others who may follow as people as well as players, their confidence reinforced by his impressive track record in the England set-up. Equally, there is an understanding Chelsea will continue to help coach Guehi and Gallagher from afar, with the club’s loan technical staff supplying both youngsters with regular detailed feedback on their performances and visiting them frequently in Wales to check in. There is a clear comparison to be made with the time Mason Mount and Fikayo Tomori spent playing for Lampard and Morris at Derby County last season, getting regular Championship football under the guidance of a trusted coaching team somewhere there is an expectation to win and compete for promotion. Derby ended up reaching the play-off final before losing to Aston Villa. That experience prepared them as well as any loan could for life as Chelsea players. Sources have told The Athletic that Guehi’s loan is expected to extend to next season providing all parties are happy while Gallagher’s situation will be re-assessed in the summer. If all goes well, more Chelsea prospects are likely to be entrusted to Cooper. Every player’s development curve is different and loans are far from an exact science. Chelsea have been burned in their attempts to find a safe pair of hands before, even when it comes to their own former employees. Ex-academy coach Brendan Rodgers infuriated many at Cobham by ignoring Josh McEachran at Swansea, Victor Moses when Liverpool boss and Charly Musonda with Celtic. Other relationships have been more productive. Chelsea’s long-standing link with Vitesse Arnhem, borne out of owner Roman Abramovich’s close ties to fellow Russian billionaire Alexander Chigirinsky, who owns the Dutch club, has been well documented. Bristol City built on the goodwill fostered by Tammy Abraham’s prolific first Championship loan in 2016-17 to sign Jay Dasilva, Tomas Kalas and Kasey Palmer permanently. But over the years, Chelsea have learned that the most reliable loan relationships are forged with specific managers. It is why Derby’s spectacular success in bringing along Mount and Tomori last season counted for little once Lampard and Morris returned to Stamford Bridge, and why Cooper has brought Swansea so emphatically into favour despite the recent memory of Josh McEachran’s one league start in five months. Gallagher and Guehi both attracted interest from the Premier League and Chelsea turned down more lucrative options to send them to the Championship club. It is a big statement of faith from Cobham academy staff in the developmental qualities of Cooper and, if it pays off, the benefits for all parties will stretch well beyond this season.

Inside Chelsea: £71m Kepa certainly has the attitude to be the club’s long-term No 1 – but does he have the ability? https://theathletic.com/1535923/2020/01/16/kepa-arrizabalaga-chelsea-goalkeeper/ Signing a striker is Chelsea’s top January priority, but it is becoming increasingly clear that one of the most important long-term decisions facing Frank Lampard may lie at the other end of the pitch. Every elite team needs a reliable goalkeeper and Chelsea were confident that they had acquired a vital piece of their next great side when they paid Athletic Bilbao a club-record £71 million to sign Kepa Arrizabalaga, as successor to Thibaut Courtois, in the summer of 2018. A little more than 18 months into his rollercoaster career in England, however, many inside and outside the club remain far from convinced that Kepa has justified being made the most expensive goalkeeper ever. Looking back at the 1-1 draw with Brighton & Hove Albion on New Years’ Day, having witnessed his No 1 make several crucial saves, Lampard’s praise came with the hint of a challenge. “I think he has made good saves recently, notably (in that game),” Chelsea’s head coach said. “I’m always happy with that because that is what he is there for, but it is great to see Kepa maybe win us or save us points. Hopefully that can continue.” For every eye-catching Kepa intervention this season, there have also been high-profile mistakes — most memorably the casual, wayward pass aimed at Kurt Zouma that led to Dominic Calvert-Lewin poking in Everton’s third goal in a 3-1 win at Goodison Park last month. The extent of the criticism that followed underlined just how little trust he commands from his own club’s fans. Doubts about Kepa go beyond obvious howlers. He has been unable to shake the more general impression that in all three fundamental aspects of goalkeeping — shot-stopping, distribution and command of the penalty area — he falls short of the standard set by the position’s very best. This season’s numbers make for ugly reading. Kepa ranks in the bottom three among Premier League starting goalkeepers for overall save percentage (57.4%), percentage of shots from inside the box saved (52%), and percentage of shots from outside the box saved (72.2%). All three are significant decreases on last season, while his pass accuracy has also dipped from 85.44% to 78.34%. “It’s been a funny season for him, hasn’t it?” Rob Green, who acted as back-up to Kepa and Willy Caballero last season, tells The Athletic. “I think when you’re playing so many games as a keeper, the fluctuations are going to be there. “What he’s got (in his favour)… he’s got fantastic feet, a lot of power. He has big thighs, a lot of muscle and that gives him a big spring. He is very fast as well, comes with a lot of speed.” Chelsea’s defensive problems are bigger than Kepa, and it is reasonable to argue that Lampard’s frequent tweaks of defensive systems and personnel this season have had a destabilising effect on the man between the posts. That is certainly the view of Mark Schwarzer, who spent two years at Stamford Bridge backing up Petr Cech and Courtois. “At Chelsea there are a lot of players at the back who are still trying to come to terms with a new system, and with the pressure of playing regularly,” he tells The Athletic. “At times they will play not quite the right type of ball, or they’ll receive the ball in the wrong position. They know they have to be willing to receive it, and they’re just hoping other players will make movements and allow them to lay it off. At times that doesn’t happen so they’re playing a rushed ball back to the goalkeeper. “All those aspects come into play, and Chelsea are a team that’s still trying to find its feet. You’ve got a changing of the guard, a lot of young, inexperienced players who are being given a chance to step up, and that’s been challenging for them. That has an effect on the goalkeeper, no matter how good he is with his feet. I feel for Kepa a little bit in that regard.” But more advanced metrics, which better isolate a goalkeeper’s performance from those of his defenders, paint a worrying picture. Kepa has conceded 29 goals in the Premier League this season, almost six more than Chelsea’s expected goals against (xGA) figure of 23.21. Using expected goals on target (xGOT) — which factors in how difficult shots on target are to save — it emerges that Kepa has allowed 7.45 goals more than the average goalkeeper would have been expected to. The only Premier League goalkeepers with comparable under-performance are Burnley’s Nick Pope (8.09 more goals than expected) and Southampton’s Angus Gunn (7.38 more goals than expected), who was dropped after conceding nine times in one match against Leicester in October. Kepa had a better impact in his debut season at Chelsea, though still marginally negative — conceding 1.86 goals more than the average goalkeeper would be expected to — and Statsbomb analysis of his 2017-18 campaign with Bilbao revealed that he had allowed 37 goals from an expected goals against figure of 31.35. In short, the statistics suggest Kepa’s overall performance level so far in his senior career has been significantly below that attained by the world’s best goalkeepers. There have been enough flashes of quality on the pitch, however, to offer hope that he can get there — and those who have worked with him on a daily basis at Cobham have no doubts about his work ethic or desire to improve. “As a person he’s a really nice lad, and he’s got a fantastic attitude,” Green adds. “He does have this side of him which is arrogant, or certainly very confident in his own ability. It’s that fine line and he has that. He carries the fact that he is the most expensive keeper in the world with him. “There is that edge to him in training. We used to have these races. I was the slowest by a long, long way. He was so much quicker than all the keepers, but he still had to cheat (and get a head start). He would have won anyway, but he still had to cheat. I would cheat just to keep up. “We’d end up with (coach) Hilario going through the footage after training and seeing who cheated and where. I tried to do the drill where the camera couldn’t pick me up! But it was all good fun. “Another thing he’d do in training is suddenly he will stop and say, ‘We’ve done all that. OK. Now I want this particular drill. This is what I need.’ It was fair enough. He is the one out on the pitch. But it shows a strength of character to speak up like that.” Kepa’s less positive displays this season have prompted some to question Hilario’s credentials for the role of senior goalkeeping coach. Chelsea opted to promote from within after Massimo Nenci followed Maurizio Sarri to Juventus last summer, and Lampard has publicly denied reports that he wanted to bring Shay Given with him to Cobham from his previous job at Derby County. Schwarzer, however, does not see an issue. “Hilario has been at Chelsea for a long time, so he knows the club inside out,” he insists. “I think he’s in a really good position to pass on a lot of knowledge. “I know how the system works at Chelsea. Christophe Lollichon is in the background as well — very much involved in goalkeeper recruitment and scouting. Hilario worked under Christophe for a long time, so I think they’ve got a good system in place. It’s more about Kepa himself adjusting to the Premier League and finding some consistency.” Kepa admits that his adaptation to the game in England has not been seamless. “It’s a little bit different to playing in La Liga,” he said in an interview with Chelsea’s official website this week. “The players, and the goalkeeper also, are less protected by the referee. You need to be stronger in some balls, because the referee doesn’t say it’s a foul. You need to learn a little bit these situations. “You also need to understand English football is very quick, can have less control or less touches, but more opportunities. The ball can be far away, but in two touches it’s in the box, so I need to be ready for 90 minutes. The games are very good to watch, with a lot of goals, speed. You need some time, but then it’s fun to play. “Of course you work on it with your team-mates and the goalkeeper coach, but also you keep your time after training: to try some passes, try some situations that can happen in the game. The final target is to improve and be better.” Chelsea are heavily invested in Kepa’s continued improvement, and there is no suggestion yet of another high-profile goalkeeper being brought in to compete with him. But his price tag and status as Spain’s No 1 goalkeeper dictate that his performances will continue to be measured against the world’s best, at Cobham and beyond.

Point is, those new loan rules are coming, and we will get stuck with too many at once to dump. Also, the loan fees do not make up for a walk on a free if we keep refusing to sell players just because a club is off bit from our asking price. If Willian, Kenedy, Donkeywater, etc etc etc end up walking on frees, the culmulatives fiscal damage will be immense, regardless of what divvy board fanboys bleat and wail (not talking about you at all there).

I think he has went schizo. Brilliant with some moves, batshit with others. That said, he has a unique profile of player he wants for his system. Candreva is back to having a really good year, even at his age. I am amongst the few here who think that (ONLY for Conte) that he and Nainggolan (who is having a really good year at Cagliari, I posted a long superb article on him a month or two ago) would have been good signings, but most if Conte's wants work only if we keep Conte, so flip a coin if it is good or bad we did not back him. Alex Sandro was the dagger in the heart. Fuck Juve and fuck Marina both, for different reasons. I dont want to get deep in the weeds over that rot again. It just will enrage me. No point. Same as De Bruyne (not as bad, De Bruyne will haunt me for decades).

Gosens as a LWB blows Alonso away. So much better defensively due to to far more pace. Close to same height (Gosens is around an inch and a half shorter, but still over 6 feet), great shot (tracking to 15 goals over a 3500 minute season) and a better crosser. Only thing Alonso may have on him is free kicks. I much prefer Alonso to play for us (out of Emerson, Azpi, and him) as a wingback in back 3, but I do not like a back 3 save for special games. Gosens is also a good traditional LB as well. Far better than any of our options. It is just foolish to keep playing Azpi at LB. He is shite there (even at times on defence) and offers nothing of important offensively. If right footers could play LB, why is it that no other team of any real quality (and so few teams at all) does it? Every time Azpi gets the ball and tries to cross with his left, it is pathetic. Drives me bonkers. My number one issue, only topped by the nightmare that occurs when Tammy cannot play. Finally, there is no chance that Valencia come down 30m euros on Gaya. It is not happening. Especially when they see an inferior player in Chilwell being priced at only £5m less (£85m for Gaya, £80m for Ben). If they did price Gaya at £59.5m (€70m) I would bite their hand off and STILL buy/swap for Gosens. As long as we dump our 2 LBs now, you are still looking at only a £30 to £40m net spend total for a VAST upgrade at LB. The only team with a better pair than us would be Bayern (and those fucks have 3 great LB's although not all are healthy atm). Liverpool is fucked hard if Robertson cannot go. Shitty is bläää on all 3 (Mendy has looked a little better lately tbh). Arse is fucked as long as Tierney is out. United has shit fatboy Shaw and then a kid. Spuds is meh at LB'S. Only teams where LB is a strength and deep are Bayern, Barca, and (when both get their two great young loanees back) Real and Juve. That is literally it. We would be the 5th with any combo of Gosens pmus either Gaya, Grimaldo, or Telles (Gaya obviously being the best.) Screw dumping 80m quid on Chillwell. Hard pass. Just him plus say, Alonso, is askibg for trouble as soon as Chilwell cannot go. Also, we are asking for trouble if we drop 80m quid and he plays like he has the past month plus, which is dogshit. LB/RB matters. Look at Leicester's dip in form overall and how it coincides with a dip in form of their fullback play, especially Chilwell.

We can do both Grimaldo and Gosens for around £20 to 30m net spend as long as we sell Alonso and swap or sell Emerson. I am utterly fine with that. Two entirely different types of LB, so all situs covered. Makes too much sense, so zero chance the board does it. They more than likely think Azpi at LB is just dandy, and they will refuse to sell Alonso to Conte and Emerson to Sarri because......... butthurt. Chilwell at £80m is a joke, so I fully expect they go for that. Hopefully Pep stays and Shitty grabs him. I wouldn't mind him on the team, but not for fucking 80m quid.

Jose Gaya at 100m euros is sooo not happening Firpo was my number one choice for ages, gutted when Barca snapped him up Grimaldo is not worth his 60m euro RC in my book, but we may be forced if we miss out in the overrated Chilwell (fuck paying £80m!!) and stupidly refuse to buy Telles and Gosens and refuse to sell the two scrubs we now have. That said, I can so see us with the same LB dregs next season plus the turgid Azpi there a tonne. I may have to stop posting here if that happens and we have not only missed out on CL but then go into the ditch with LB play at the fore of the shit. My temper will snap at that point.

Disagree with a lot of this, sorry, I stand by my options. You leave far too much info out. And Griezmann and Neymar are so not number 9 types. One is an SS and one is a winger. Age plays roles in many things as well. You also underestimate AC Milan. Bernard Arnault did not buy them to fuck about. Same for Manure. They are still an absolutely giant global club, hot mess atm or not. Bookmark my post and we shall see what happens. Absolutely zero shot we have a free run at any of them, save for Zaha and maybe Rice.

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Great player! One of absolute favs! I so wish her well. She went out with a bang. She returned to Britain in December having won Serie A, Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana, as well as being Juventus' top scorer for last season.

A lot of them IMHO. Including Barca and Real. Suarez turns 34yo next season and is badly injured now, and Benzema turns 33yo and is also injured atm and becoming injury prone. Inter, if they lose Lautaro Martinez, is a great place as they play the double striker system he is used to. Liverpool, Manure, Atletico Madrid, PSG (if they somehow chose to not buy Icardi perm) Spuds, Arse, AC Milan (100 billion wealth owner now), Napoli, even Juve and Shitty. I also absolutely do not buy the story that Bayern is 100% out. Nope. I am super cynical when it comes to Chels chasing top 5 players versus other giant clubs. Especially if we disastrously miss out on CL. Not a chance in hell I think it is smooth sailing to grab Sancho, Werner, Chilwell (I say pass unless he is £55m or less ie. basically Grimaldo cost, which he wont be and a pass on Grimaldo too.) Hell, even pulling Declan Rice will be hard, although the easiest of the big 4. Pretty much the only one we are in the drivers seat over due to us being number one club of choice by the player is Zaha, lolol. Maybe, maybe Rice. TBH, I see no reason to NOT buy Zaha now, this window, if we can gwt Palace to come down a bit. Buying him absolutely does not stop us from going after Sancho and Werner, and he can play CF in a pinch and he is needed if Willian walks on a free as we are then down to two wingers. We absolutely will need to buy him if we miss out on Sancho as well, and better to get him now and help our CL chances overall. Werner or Dembele are not break the bank costly, we are not buying a new number one GK, we are not buying a CB, we are not buying a RB, we can do BOTH Telles and Gosens for a net cost of around zero to inly £5 or 10m max, and I do not see us spending big at MF, unless we (and we should) sell Kante. Werner £25m (summer release clause) Zaha £70m now Sancho £120m Gosens and Telles combined £10m net MAX That is a total spend of £215-225m now and in summer Surely that is doable (as we are now talking THREE windows) We already have hundreds of millions feom other done and hope soon done sales, and if we sold Kante in the summer that is another 100m plus in the kitty. Rice would cost around £80m. So just that drops the cost of the 5 listed above down to around only £200m. And absolutely ZERO in terms of net spend when you add in all the other sales revenue. ALL these are players we desperately need, and the funds are there. All these are players that are talked about with us daily.The board just needs to get it done. I have serious doubts they will. I have reduced my hopes and targets immensely over the past 4 months or so, so it is not at all the case I am tossing out crazy shit. I would love to get Lautaro, but odds are massive we never get a sniff. If we miss out on Werner, I so hope the absolute WORST we end up with is Dembele.

Fair point

I have made it very clear my LB strategy repeatedly, ad nauseam even. Both be done now and we could have a complete revamp at LB with almost no net cost. I am at wit's end with the board IF they wait till summer to chase the £80m Chilwell (who I find massively overrated at that price, and miss out. Sell Alonso, swap Emerson for Gosens (toss a bit of quid if necessary) and buy Telles. VAST UPGRADE. If we trod on with Azpi at LB we are shooting ourselves in the fucking jacobs. He is shut there. Lamos clearly doesn't trust Emerson and Alonso for sweet fa. They are both in demand from other teams. Just get it fucking done. We will quite likely pay a huge price if we do not sort it. We cannot become a partially one sided offensive team, which is what Azpi at LB makes us. Anyone who says he is good and fine for us at LB is a stone cold gaslighter, Lampard included. I have given up on most all else, accepted a shit tonne, mellowed out on almost every player, accepted we are sticking with our 4 CB's, etc etc. But like hell if I accept the current LB situ, and also, we sure as hell better grab some CF even if it is an 18 - 24 month or so stopgap like Cavani, cuz as it stands, if Tammy goes down, and if we do nothing at LB, there is a good shot we crash out of the top 7, let alone miss out on CL. Bats leading the line with no backup at all and then Azpi taking us into the deadzone on the left is bloody doom.

I think they meant signings this window. As in taking a (deserved if it ends up like we stand now) shot at the board and Marina. Just a guess.

And he is so short, not Lamptey short, but damn near. I do not rate him at Reece level at all, unfortunately. I also have soured on Chilwell, eapecially at the insane £80m Leicester will demand. He has regressed so much over the past 2 months.

Clear run??? I wish. Most every top 20 team is going to be beating down his door this summer, especially with that crazy low RC.

I hope to fuck they buy him back

The Mirror is almost as bad as the Sun and the DM when it comes to transfer lies I trust almost nothing now with the papers pushing shit that simply is not true (like the Sun days ago literally saying Piatek had signed for spuds, gave terms of contract and said he was flying in for a medical, all of which was 100% purely made-up lies) it has always been bad (silly season rot) but actually flat out lying about legally binding contracts is a new low these hack writers literally just pull names from hats and invent tales of fantasy

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