Vesper

I really think it will. Inter already has an overload of CMF's (Vecino, Radja Nainggolan, Marcelo Brozovic, Roberto Gagliardini (who I rate higher than Vecino), Borja Valero) and are on verge of signing Arturo Vidal from Bayern. They also have agreed fully with Atletico Madrid on RB Sime Vrsaljko. https://gianlucadimarzio.com/it/inter-accordo-totale-per-vrsaljko-le-cifre-delloperazione They need the cash, and Sarri is obsessed with Vecino for some reason. Roman and Granny spent the Inter post game discussing his transfer. I think it goes down (and I think is a waste).

At this point, the only player I see coming in is possibly Vecino, who is so not a scorer. Maybe a panic/consolation signing (he is free, which is our preferred price for most signings these days) of Bernard. Willian is going nowhere, Real have said the £100m dual buy story was (of course) bullshit. The Martial swap is a self-delusional projection of my own wishes. I doubt we will even be able to sell Drinkwater (unless Palace loses the plot and sprays 30m quid our way) or Bakayoko (Milan has said no, Sevilla dont have the cash to meet our valuation) for anywhere near a price the board will agree to. We are 80% probably just going to let Courtois's contract wind down and lose him on a free next summer. I predict big issues goals scoring and with LB, when Emerson is not playing. EPL and EL teams are going to so exploit Alonso slowness and lack of defensive skills. Players like Salah, Mahrez, Sterling, Zaha, Felipe Anderson, etc will open him up like a cheap tin of tuna, The board has zero ambition, and I really think the club may be in the process of being sold. I hope I am pleasantly surprised, but I see nothing going on at present to make that an outcome. The best we can hope for is Sarri to work magic with what he has.

That grizzled dwarf needs to go sod off.

Apparently we soon have Vecino too. Another waste of money that should go elsewhere. The problem with SMS is Lazio want over 100 million quid. I cannot see us splashing anywhere near that type of cash, especially as we are simply not being successful in selling our deadweight, We still have massive holes at GK (potentially, if Courtois goes) and at RW (potentially, if Willian is sold) and striker (unless Morata does a turnaround for the ages).

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I am deffo not his biggest fan as well, and I think we should sell him ASAP, but I agree, this article seems a cheap shot over nothing much. I think he is entitled to take his allotted time off, as he is not some 21 year old kid with boundless reserves.

Yep. 5th year wedding anniversary this coming November.

Hate to say it (as I was an insanely huge fan, and I REALLY thought he had top ten CB in world eventually written all over him) BUT Zouma is perma damaged goods He is never going to fully recover, IMHO, from that cruciate ligament nightmare 2 years ago.

I have a suggestion for a new official nickname for Jorginhno I thinks it is inch perfect (like his passing) The Metronome

https://www.buildlineup.com/shared/5b5e54eb138c092e24abca00

I posted a really detailed comparison in the Rugani thread. Rugani is a better passer, yes, Caldara is more the hard nose enforcer type.

Tony Pulis's wet dream!!!!!

She said 'You're going where,no man has been before', I said, 'Wot?, what in your ear?'

Makes sense it's Kitson as the source. He is a ginger and the footie kit on his Twitter is orange! Only thing I really remember about him is Tony Pulis at Stoke called him a petulant prick. LOL. I think the only striker Pulis hated more was Berahino at West Brom.

waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too early to go there !!!!!!!

He is deffo one I do NOT want to sell. The guy is pure class and is a great changeup striker. He busts his arse every minute on the pitch and does all the dirty work.

Offer Juve Morata for Alex Sandro, straight swap once we have Martial then buy Bailey or Suso that would all yield a staring line up of GK Cillesson CB AC CB Rudiger (Luiz and Ampadu as backups) I dont care what we do with Cahill, have him park cars outside the Bridge LB Alex Sandro Emerson as backup RB Azpi Zappacosta as backup DMF Kante Bakayoko as backup (eek) we could sell Bakayoko IF their is time and get Vecino to keep Sarri from upping it to 5 packs a day CMF Jorginho Fabregas as back up Moses as backup sell Drinkwater PLEASE!! AMF Barkley/RLC LW Hazard CHO as backup RW Bailey or Suso Pedro as backup Striker Martial with Bats and Giroud as backup I would be sooooooooooo happy with that lineup

We can still sell them Courtois for £35m once we have a keeper lined up Offer Barca a swap, Alonso for Cillesson (they are selling Lucas Digne their backup LB to Everton so need another LB) then we have striker and GK sorted and get rid of the 2 main trouble makers atm surely we can find a LB to support Emerson and a RW (BAILEY) if that is all we need we need to stop arsing about with Italian CB's and dodgy CMF's

THE ONLY way I would not do this double deal is IF Man U offers a swap of MARTIAL FOR WILLIAN

Norbert Elgert: Schalke's academy guru behind Özil, Draxler, Sane, Neuer, Goretzka and many more https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/leroy-sane-ozil-draxler-all-owe-schalke-s-norbert-elgert-debt-of-gratitude-475024.jsp his youth coach

yep

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6004491/Real-Madrid-make-100m-bid-Chelseas-Willian-Thibaut-Courtois.html

FTW

I agree with most of what you say- I so hope you do not think I am saying to sell all those NOW, in the last 11 days. I just think the whole top of the structure is in bad shape and they do (what appears to me) to be some really shoddy work from a systemic perspective. Half of me wishes he would sell it Jim Ratcliffe ASAP. Not my call

Chelsea transfer news: Blues offer £40m for defender Mattia Caldara after switching focus from Juventus teammate Daniele Rugani https://talksport.com/football/405310/chelsea-mattia-caldara-teammate-daniele-rugani/