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Those were summer signings though. This statement only talks about the January window.

FUCK that scouser nob Steve Nichol. I wanted to go through the screen and kick him in the jacobs. Telling Sancho to not go to Chelsea and to go to Liverpool because he will not play at Chels because of (laughable, especially as Liverpool have the best pair of wingers in the world) MOUNT AND CHO. WTF! January window is only 2 and half days old and that Bindipper twat has already wrapped up the 'Stupidest, Most Biased Cunt Comment of the Month' Award.

It might not be any of those, at least until summer. I have posted on each before. 1. Unless he is bullshitting (quite likely??) Lamps is hesitant to buyback Ake and he thinks AC can come good. (Stupid move IMHO, as Ake can play LB as well, at least better than wrong-footed Azpi) 2. Lamps just said he has had no real interest in Zaha. (I like this) 3. Olmo prefers to go back to Barca. (Big potential miss, but not a true 'gutted feeling' atm.) I am more gutted fucking Juve snapped up Dejan Kulusevski. There are still two of my 3 young, left-footed big pacey RW/AMF hybrids left, Dominik Szoboszlai of RB Salzburg and Nicolò Zaniolo of Roma. I woukd buy them both if we miss on Olmo and Sancho as they both play 2 positions. Most of my targets I push get purchased by big big clubs and most (obviously not all, I am not infallible) perform well, so I at least have that affirmation. Shame it is almost never us who do the buying. 4. Lyon said no sale in January for Dembele via an official club statement (very rare event) Werner and/or Sancho in January still are slightly possible, if not likely. That assumes (there is confusion still) that Werner's release clause is now in effect and not for summer 2020 only.

Not saying you are wrong at all, but you have far more faith that the rupture did not perma fuck him (or at least semi-wreck him until possibly as late as mid 2021 to early 2022 even) than I do. Odds are better now at least than in the past, at least. https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2019/07/29/bjsports-2019-100556 Results 118 athletes (mean age 27.2±7.2 years) were included. 113 (96%) returned to unrestricted practice after a mean of 199±53 days, with faster recovery in players involved in national teams. Return to competition was after a mean of 274±114 days. In the 76 athletes with at least two seasons of follow-up, 14 (18%) did not compete at the pre-injury level during the two seasons following the index injury. Six players (8%) sustained a re-rupture within the first two seasons after return to play; four re-ruptures were in footballers who returned to play <180 days after injury. Age >30 years and re-ruptures had higher odds ratios of not returning to the same level of play. Conclusions 96% of professional male football players who underwent surgery to repair an ATR returned to unrestricted practice and then competition after an average time of 7 and 9 months, respectively. However, 18% did not return to the same level of play within the two seasons following their return, with a higher risk in those experiencing a re-rupture.

At the start of last season, he was only 29yo. Let that sink in when you think about rapid fall-offs in terms of defensive backs.

No, Ake is a straight buy back clause, not a first refusal. Bournemouth has to accept. The player has no choice in the matter. It expires before the summer window. I do not know why you continue to argue about a straight buyback clause (first refusal is more nebulous) when I already proved I was correct. It is becoming pedantic.

if his strike price for the option is fair I am interested he has insane upside the problem is he has massive risk as well, especially if we are talking £80m or more (likely more)

depends on the price though Manure know they have a ticking time-bomb on their hands with Pogba he not only needs surgery again, and his contract ends in 18 months BUT the twat Mino Raiola is blasting the team publicly and promising disruption and STILL Manure come out with a take it or leave it price of £150m! Barca may try the same shit with Dembele

agreed if we are all going to start slating Reece too that means ALL FOUR of our fullbacks are shit I still rate the hell out of him still would love to ditch the other 3 (we should be able to get about £80-85m for the 3) and bring in RB Tim Castagne from Atalanta or Nordi Mukiele from RB Leipzig (around £25-30m for either, Nordi might, might be able to be done now, not sure, but they do have cover, great cover there in one of the top RB's in the world in Lukas Klostermann and then multiple backup options) LB Alex Telles can be done now £33m release clause LB Chilwell (sounding like £70m, not the full 80m will be enough this summer) net spend around £50m (hell make it £70m to give leeway) total for three massive upgrades multiple clubs want Emerson, Alonso, and Azpi so selling is no issue, other than pricing but no we will fuck about and get none I have next to zero faith in the board

DANI OLMO FORWARD OF ZAGREB DYNAMO "If there is an agreement between clubs, it is better to leave now" "I have made merits in taking another step in my career. Dinamo agrees that I have already hit the ceiling in Croatia and is open to listen to offers ” "I do not know if Barça want me now or at the end of the season, it is a matter that my representatives control" https://www.lesportiudecatalunya.cat/barca/article/1718322-si-hi-ha-acord-entre-clubs-es-millor-sortir-ara.html he wants to leave this January but it sounds like he wants to go back to Barca

Arsenal join January battle to sign Nathan Ake after Calum Chambers injury alters Mikel Arteta transfer plans https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/01/02/arsenal-join-january-battle-sign-nathan-ake-calum-chambers-injury/?li_source=LI&li_medium=li-recommendation-widget Arsenal are set to join the January tug-of-war for Nathan Ake that could involve as many as five Premier League clubs after Mikel Arteta admitted that the injury to Calum Chambers has changed his transfer plans. Chambers underwent surgery on Thursday after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament on his left knee in the defeat to Chelsea and Arsenal confirmed he will be out for between six to nine months. Chelsea remain favourites to re-sign Ake thanks to an agreement that they can buy him for £40 million as part of the deal that took the defender to Bournemouth in 2017. But Chelsea are facing the growing threat of competition for Ake if they do not complete the signing early in this month’s transfer window. Arsenal have placed Ake high on their list of potential replacements for Chambers, along with Red Bull Leipzig’s Dayot Upamenco, while Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City and Everton are also monitoring his situation. snip

wrong Chelsea warned off trying to sign Lyon striker Moussa Dembele in January transfer window https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/01/02/chelsea-warned-trying-sign-lyon-striker-moussa-dembele-january/ Chelsea have been warned off a January bid for Moussa Dembele after Lyon took the unusual step of publicly reaffirming their desire to keep the striker. It is now up to Dembele whether or not he pushes for a possible move to Chelsea this month or accepts his club’s stance. Dembele is one of a number of forwards Chelsea have been considering to bolster head coach Frank Lampard’s attacking options. Chelsea have tracked Dembele’s progress since he was at Celtic and French reports have linked the Blues with a cash-plus-Olivier Giroud bid for the 23 year-old. snip

the only thing I am referring to is the window-specific nature as in no January sale what happens in the summer is far more wide open

Far beyond that fall is at LB. From the world's best in the last 20 years (Ashley Cole) to the collective pile of dung that is Emerson, Alonso, and the woefully inept (as he is out of position) Azpi.

not counting keepers here are most all of the 'quality' players I rate in terms of actually obtaining many are very young, others are veterans some I only add because of links but I do not agree that they are worth the price most are impossible in January and all will be hard pulls even in the summer some are still going to probably be impossible then, or too expensive due to crazy high release clauses,and names missing (like Koulibaly) are now too old to buy for the price demanded bold (2 for each position) are who I personally would most try for CB Milan Skriniar (doubt he would come here), Alessio Romagnoli (Mino as agent fucks us here, grrr or he would be my number 1), Ibrahima Konaté, Raphaël Varane (pipe dream but what a bloody great CB), Marquinhos, José Giménez, Caglar Söyüncü, Gabriel Magalhães, Rúben Dias, then next after those, Ake (I do rate him as a ball playing CB) LB Chilwell, Gaya (100m euros RC, insane), Alex Telles, Alex Grimaldo, David Alaba (Bayern likely will sell, and summer 2021 he is too old for me to recco a buy), Theo Hernandez, Robin Gosens, Alphonso Davies (Bayern will never sell him, TBH if I could snap my fingers, after Chilwell, he is my 2nd choice, he will, perhaps someday VERY soon he will be the best LB in the world, he just converted at 19yo from winger to fullback and has been a revelation), Rayan Aït Nouri RB Achraf Hakimi, Lukas Klostermann, Ricardo Pereira, Nordi Mukiele, Timothy Castagne, Youcef Atal (depending on how he recovers from a horrific knee injury), Valentino Lazaro DMF Thomas Partey, Eduardo Camavinga, Declan Rice, Florentino, Sandro Tonali, Sander Berge, Denis Zakaria, Bruno Guimarães, Aurélien Tchouaméni CMF Saúl Ñíguez, Marco Verratti, Houssem Aouar, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (massive rebound year so far), Corentin Tolisso, Maximilian Eggestein (great young German, sort of Kroos-like, but more athletic and far less polished), Ryan Gravenberch, Jude Bellingham AMF Kai Havertz (might be too expensive), James Maddison (deffo too expensive), Donny van de Beek, Dominik Szoboszlai (left footed, can play RW too I really rate him for the value), Martin Ødegaard, Dani Olmo (we have made an offer), Reinier, Mohamed Ihattaren (super youth talent, turns 18 in a month, I rate him very high, another lefty) , Isco, Jonathan David (can play at CF as well), Jack Grealish (many hate him, I think he is the real deal, he would only leave if Villa were relegated, and maybe not even then) LW Ousmane Dembélé (only for a huge price reduction), Richarlison (too expensive though after 'EPL tax'), Ansu Fati, Milot Rashica (great young winger, Dortmund want him bad to replace Sancho, RB Leipzig as well, to replace Werner, he is tracking to 27 goals, 9 assists in 3600 minutes at Werder Bremen), Donyell Malen (can play CF as well), Krépin Diatta (potential Mane clone) Federico Chiesa, Zaha (IF 40m or less, so there is my stance on him) RW Jadon Sancho, Nicolò Zaniolo (left-footed, plays AMF too), Mikel Oyarzabal, Hakim Ziyech, Samu Chukwueze, Leon Bailey (only for a low price), Calvin Stengs, Ferran Torres CF Mbappe (pipe dream) Timo Werner, Lautaro Martinez, Mauro Icardi (but 99% sure PSG will exercise the option to buy him, as it is only £55m, and he is on full season minutes course to score 50 goals all comps), Paulo Dybala (probably a pipe dream), Victor Osimhen (I would like to see one more year of him, but I think he has huge potential), Luka Jovic (loan plus option to buy only), Myron Boadu (huge huge potential 19yo in 11 days 17 goals, 12 assists in 2200 minutes), Fedor Chalov (we are linked, trying to watch more, Russians worry me in terms of busts), João Pedro (now, as of January 1, 2020, at Watford after they got him from Fluminense for a ridiculously low price of £3.6m), Adam Hlozek (bonus youth, 17yo SS from Sparta Praha that all the giants are looking at, remember his name) Moussa Dembele at the end (I do not think he is worth £60m)

every one of those were summer signings thanks for helping prove my point

fuck Luiz one of my least favourite Chels players ever complete cunt

I do not see Matip getting his spot back, Gomez is fully back on track to WC CB level he has insane pace which Matip doesn't have 8 clean sheets out of last 9 games, all comps (only goal in that span was 1 to Monterrey in the FWCC semi final) tracking to 110 points out of 114 full calendar year now since a league loss

1 defeat in last 59 league games they had around 1000 passes this game, most ever in the EPL era for them

Lyon said he is not for sale in January the club itself released a statement saying no, stay away

lo 1 nil ffs unbeatable

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Werner's release clause is 25m his salary would be far higher than Dembele's but not 25m over 5 years total outlay higher than what a 50m+ Dembele buy plus salary would be (or at worst it would be around the same overall cost) and we are crazy if we put all our marbles into obtaining Sancho and Chilwell both in the summer odds are not in our favour we land both, and I can easily see losing both (especially IF Pep stays at Shitty, as Chilwell himself said he is waiting to see what Pep is doing as he wants to play under him) a big clue will be Ake reports are out that Lamps is balking at triggering Ake's buyback as he thinks AC will come good we are watching (if it all goes truly pear shaped) the foundations of Lampard's downfall being laid out the team, as it is currently configured (and with a huge question mark regarding Kante's future) is simply not good enough to keep moving forward extraordinary amount of question marks and hopeful wishes plus a status quo satisfaction and/or over reliance on a number of problematic players 15 players plus the loanee dregs Willy (39 next season) Zouma, AC, Azpi, Alonso, Emerson, Kante, RLC (massive injury) Barkley, Mount as THE starter at AMF, CHO (looks a shell atm of his pre-injury form), Pedro, Willian (age and contract expired in 6 months), Bats, Giroud plus all the dregs (possibly as many as 16, 14 for sure) out on loan and not yet sold, so still on the books Bakayoko, Moses, Donkeywater, Miazga, Zappacosta, Danilo Pantic , Baba, Kenedy, Lucas Piazón, Mario Pasalic (Atalanta are supposedly exercising his option), Musonda, Lewis Baker, Jamal Blackman, Nathan, Marco van Ginkel (not sure if he is going to be renewed or released) Izyy Brown its is madness to have around 30 problematic (some more than others and for many disparate reasons I do grant) players under contract

BBC: Moussa Dembele: French striker not for sale, say Lyon https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50977553