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I am NOT happy with our realistic options if Martial is sold I dont trust Belotti will come good, and Werner is a roll of the dice at this point. That leaves only Icardi (I hope not a pipe dream but probably) or Ciro Immobile (who again, to repeat, turns 30 less than 6 months after the window closes next summer AND if really unlikely to leave Lazio, especially when they sell SMS next year) I rate Dybala over Icardi, but he is more of a secondary striker, and also,its fucking Juve, AND is he really going to leave playing with CR7 and the rest of that monster squad IF Hazard leaves??? NONE of those ten speculative I listed excites me in the least ATM, save for Lautaro Martínez, and Inter will be LOATHE to sell him as well, they just signed him, and he is their long term future. We are so fucked if Morata doesn't come good. Its why we didnt sell him. No real options atm, unless we dump out between £125m and £175m and nab Dybala, or Icardi, or Griezamnn, ALL of who dont want to come here are are happy at their current clubs. We need bezos to buy us and just go WILD!! LOLOLOL Bezos Blues GK Kepa CB Varane CB Koulibaly RB Sergi Roberto LB Alaba DMF Kante Deep Holding MF Jorginho CMF/AMF S-M-S LW Hazard RW Mbappe Secondary Striker Dybala Striker Kane The new adds would cost £1B or so. Mass sell off at fair but not crazy prices would yield around £350m total net spend around £650m Bezos has averaged £215m wealth added per DAY for last 12 months so 3 days gains pays for best club in world Plus rush build (3 years) a new stadium (with Amazon drones dropping in supplies) on the other site. so we can stay at the Bridge whilst built so we arent a wandering gypsy team with no home done and dusted I am e-mailing Jeff now with the plan!!!

I would argue Mbappe is that once in a decade plus (look at he length of time between Maradona and then the rise of Messi and Ronaldo) who can be top 5 player ever. Of course he has MANY miles to go to get there, BUT he already has a WC (something 5 of my top 10 players ever do NOT have) Pele yes, 3 Maradona yes 1 Messi no Ronaldo no Zidane yes 1 Cruyff no Beckenbauer yes 1 Ferenc Puskás no Garrincha yes 2 Alfredo Di Stéfano no Mbappe has a shot at tying Pele with 3 WC's. France 2022 also is the the first team since 1970 that has a legit shot at being the best ever, knocking off Brasil 1970. They are absolutely loaded to point where the NON-SELECTED 2018 players could make up a team that would have a shot at winning the CL. They also may get Leroy Sane, who is eligible to play for France and is so pissed off about 2018 the German press and fans are terrified he switches. Not only that but they have an array of 16 to 20 year olds who can emerge as well. 2022 France potential wingers Kylian Mbappe Leroy Sane Thomas Lemar Ousmane Dembélé that's just SICK!! they are all 19 to 22 years old too!!! just those 4 are worth over half a BILLION quid in market transfer cost closer to 550 million quid and add in Kingsley Coman (also 22) who Bayern just put a 100m euro valuation release clause on and you have just FIVE french wingers worth TWO THIRDS of a Billion pounds that's almost 900 MILLION usa dollars

Probably rot, but here it is Manchester United manager 'Jose Mourinho asks Ed Woodward to sanction transfer' Man Utd manager Jose Mourinho is reportedly keen to see one deal completed within the next two weeks. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/man-utd-martial-mourinho-transfer-15055863 Jose Mourinho has asked Ed Woodward to sanction the sale of Anthony Martial, according to reports. The Daily Star suggest the Manchester United manager wants Martial to be sold ahead of the European transfer deadline next week. According to the report Mourinho has made it clear the French forward will not be in his plans for the new season and would like to see him sold while his transfer value is still high. Mourinho is reportedly keen to sell Martial as soon as possible in order to ensure he has suitable funds going into the January transfer window. However, the report adds that Woodward is reluctant to see any sale go through and has so far rejected the transfer proposal. Woodward is rumoured to be keen on ensuring Martial proves his worth at Old Trafford and believes letting the 22-year-old leave would a huge mistake from the club. Martial started for United during their 3-2 defeat to Brighton on Sunday afternoon but was substituted after an hour following a poor performance. snip Man Utd EXCLUSIVE: Jose Mourinho on collision course with Ed Woodward over Anthony Martial https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/724569/Man-Utd-manager-Jose-Mourinho-in-new-Ed-Woodward-plea-to-sell-Anthony-Martial Starsport understands Mourinho has made a new plea to executive vice chairman Ed Woodward to sell Martial before the European transfer window closes next week. Mourinho is adamant Martial is not good enough and wants to sell him to the highest bidder to raise funds to spend on new signings in January. But Woodward disagrees with Mourinho and is holding firm by refusing to flog Martial for less than top dollar. The stand off is creating more tension between the two and will do nothing to improve what has become a fractured relationship. snip If he is sold, we are down to basically 4 true under 30yo options (and 2 are contingent on the players having great seasons to prove they are viable) if Morata does not come good Mauro Icardi Ciro Immobile (who will be 29 in february, so would turn 30 in middle of next season) Timo Werner Andrea Belotti I am assuming players like Griezmann, Mbappe (obviously), Dybala, and Firmino are are (A) out of our price range (unless we sell Eden for £175m plus (and that will be HARD, as he only will have one year left on contract if he doesn't renew) (B) will not leave their current clubs, nor will their clubs ever sell them to us (C) will not come here if we do not have CL I will toss in a several 'glimmer of hope' young or younger (last 2 are 26) strikers, but holy fuck do they need to step up to the next level to be worthy (as of now, all these would be simply back-ups, and a huge step down from all above, with possible exception of Martínez) Patrick Cutrone Lautaro Martínez Jean-Kévin Augustin Santi Mina Patrik Schick Giovanni Simeone Davie Selke Mariano Díaz (21 goals, 7 assists for Lyon last year) Lucas Alario Willian José Lautaro Martínez (turns 21 today) is capable of this Lautaro Martinez vs Atletico Madrid (Insane Goal) 2018/19 HD 1080i 11/08/2018

It's all very simple. If we qualify for the CL next season, I think he will sign a new contract. If we don't, its' bye bye time for Eden.

I saw that earlier, what a fucking joke!! We offer £45m, when there is a rat's arse chance they would take that for him! That type of lowball shit just pisses off clubs, and we were dead in the middle of trying to pull Rugani or Caldara too. SMDH

SPORTS RE-DIRECT Newcastle United fans have found a way to infuriate Mike Ashley – and it’s absolutely genius https://talksport.com/football/412114/newcastle-united-mike-ashley-sports-redirect/

Petition for Spurs to be deducted points has received more than 10,000 signatures https://www.givemesport.com/1376440-petition-for-spurs-to-be-deducted-points-has-received-more-than-10000-signatures https://www.change.org/p/uk-parliament-tottenham-hotspur-f-c-should-get-points-deduction-for-stadium-delay

Tis all good mate

Only when I have my strapon ready to go

I am not an IT, and I have never posted on this bloody board before I joined thsi February, I certainly am not some recycled account of some troll or whoever you have an issue with. I have never posted any divisive attacks, not had a go at a single person here.

Cool, I try to explain what I mean in detail at times. Cheers

What is the deal with this person? Barbara?

Unfortunately, Luiz looks to have taken AC's place as a starter, grrrrrrrr

We went down the Napoli Koulibaly traintrack and got the Italian usual bollocksing.

The proof that Chelsea's 'big spender' tag in the transfer market is a myth https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/transfer-news/chelsea-transfers-news-latest-kepa-15043916 Premier League transfer fees have grown inordinately large - but they've actually gone up in-line with club revenues. When Kepa Arrizabalaga signed for Chelsea for a world record £71m this summer it raised a few eyebrows as these kind of landmark transfers often do. However, what if someone were to tell you that that outlay was less of a big deal for the Blues than their signing of Fernando Torres was at the time? The Spanish striker signed for the club for £50m back in January 2011. That’s wing-back money these days. However, that fee was the equivalent of 23% of Chelsea’s revenue for the 20010/11 season. snip here is our net spending under Roman Transfer spending under Abramovich (net) 2003-04: £151.4m 2004-05: £146.8m NO MORE BIG SPENDING 2005-06: £51.7m 2006-07: £32.2m 2007-08: £13.8m 2008-09: £12.7m PROFIT 2009-10: £23.6m 2010-11: £94.5m 2011-12: £57.7m 2012-13: £75.8m 2013-14 £47.6m 2014-15 £6.4m PROFIT 2015-16 £2.7m 2016-17 £21.9m 2017-18 £54.1m 2018-19 £75.1m total £829.8m (will be around £800m or lower when all loans,sales are done this window) over 16 year time frame works out to £50m NET per year 36% of ALL money net spent was in the first 2 years take away those 2 years the average net spend over last 14 seasons (per year) is £37.8m to put into perspective, Jeff Bezos, over last rolling 12 months or so has made £215m in profit PER DAY

If you watch his feet from 10 seconds to 14, you will see he slipped, didn't dive. It was not a foul, but also not a dive. IMHO. People can argue either way. Arsenal need to stop whinging on about that sequence and worry about all those missed sitters, and the fact their back 4 is shambolic steaming pile of shite and Mesut Özil is the laziest star on the planet.

If you mean http://forum.talkchelsea.net/profile/9770-barbara/ Then, lol, no Birthday 02/16/1980 <<< I am almost 12 years younger Bio Christian. <<< I am 100% atheist Brazilian. <<< I have been to Brasil, have family on my Bajan side who live in Florianopolis, but I am not Brasilian at all, I am half Swedish, half Barbadian, but born and raised in West London, been in Sweden for years now Woman. <<< same Writer. <<< Academic articles only, unless you count financial analytical reports Teacher. << I was a teaching Docent professor for a year, but now I work at a a hedge fund. I deffo will, however, go back to academia at some point. Football Fan. Chelsea. Chelsea. Chelsea. <<< I am this 100% Also, I am not white (or however she defines herself) But, I assure you, we are two different people

Who is that?

Its not hard at all, when you are immersed in the topics. I like to have a clear focus on options and post in detail so that others can maybe see things I have missed, or give countervailing viewpoints.

Truly wtf. I have better things to do with my life than troll anonymous chat boards. You are simply not making sense this whole time. I am done with this subject with you. Cheers

I want to this for our press! Lololol

I never said they jointly selected, Tenenbaum is the money man, so I am sure he has some imput (ie, forget Mbappe, lolol) but he would be much more of a 'No, this wont work' type than a OMG, we need to Leon Bailey! type.

Yes, I think she gets info from the scouting department (Scott McLachlan, who has slashed our number of scouts), some input from the manager, and along with David Barnard (contracts, etc) and Eugene Tenenbaum (the money man) they then decide who to go for and those two also keep her on a leash in terms of the money spent. I also think that Roman dives in whenever he is frustrated from any angle, of feels Marina is not closing the deal. There needs to be a football savvy technical director put in to place to really take over a lot of the targeting. It is a mess atm, IMHO. The Serie A teams have just bollocksed us for 3 straight windows now. Emenalo was to blame for some of that as well, and I am sure he was the main driver behind selling KDB and Salah and Lukaku (along with Mourinho), with no buy back clauses (that pressure came from the money side, as the buying clubs surely wanted even lower prices if there was a buyback clause inserted). I compare our transfer actions to the other top clubs, and we seem to always be in the weeds, especially if we are talking Barca, AM, RM, Bayern (the gold standard in tightly-run ships), Juve, etc.

THAT would explain last years kit! Good catch!

There is no admission from my end. I listed all responsible. Why you are being so obtuse is beyond me. I am not going to pat you on the back for your wilfulness.