Vesper

It's too late in window for us to sell Hazard. IF we do, then I have to assume Roman is going to put the club up for sale (partially because he cannot get his UK visa, partially because he has lost like 12 billion in net worth in last couple of years, and partially because I think he is bored) They only true fix to losing hazard for £175m to £185m or so is now almost all gone that was to sell a shit tonne of dead weight, add that to the Hazard money (around £360m total when all was added together from Sale of him and deadweight and alsoAlonso (isnt good enough in back 4) Willian, Bats (or loan him out), Morata, Luiz, Moses, etc) and buy (remember some of these are no longer possible) CF Icardi (not a chance now) Martial (I think he can be a great striker in Sarriball) would be an option too LW Martial (and he can play striker too, as stated above) this still needs to happen, he is refusing to go back to LA with the team and told the board to fuck off about non EPL transfer RW/LW Leon Bailey (can play LW, but prefers inverted RW) this needs to happen anyway RW Malcom (Barca took him) so now Bernardeschi or Suso (not enough money to go after Dembele) AMF Golovin (fucked) Bernard is shit, and even with Hazard sale, not enough money for Milinkovic-Savic IF we did Icardi I listed a shit tonne of other options here >>>> LB Alex Sandro (they WOULD sell now for £55m to 60m) or Alex Telles (£35 to £40m would get him, and that's who Juve wants if Sandro is sold) CB Rugani (I am just gutted we cannot close him out, he is so so good for our system) Mattia Caldara, also Juve would work too, just not the perfect match Rugani would be, same for Manolas and Savic from Atleti. Benjamin Pavard is having 2nd thoughts about signing that pre-contract with Bayern for next summer move, he wants to play in Italy or England (he would be PERFECT eventual replacement for Azpi, as he is also a swing RB/C GK Alisson (fucked now) so need Strakosha or Donnarumma IF Hazard and the others (I didn't list all the sales, but you get idea) were sold earlier, we then HAD the money to easily do ALL of those now time is tight and NO WAY most will happen

Oh, well I think shitty are semi-fucked atm. but in only 2 positions, one more than the other Semi-fucked is at CB, I so dont rate Stones, I HATE Otamendi, and Kompany will soon get hurt again for the 5,643rd time. Mangala is shit, Denayer is worse. Only decent CB they have is another one i was dying Chelsea to make a move for 2,3 years ago, Aymeric Laporte. Truly fucked DMF Fernandinho will be 34 before the season ends next year, and ZERO real backup. That is madness to not go fetch a replacement (and one of the reasons I did a cartwheel, literally, lol) when we got Jorginho.) Wish we could nick Bernardo Silva off them, I would shut up about RW then, lol. Hell, he would make a great AMF in Sarriball. Man U has huge Mo-related clubhouse issues, wayyyy worse than we had with Conte, other than the death-blow he fucked us with by sending that bloody Costa SMS. Spuds are fucked so far in the window, and if Kane gets hurt, they are fucked overall. Dele Alli is one of most overrated players on the planet IF he has another year like last one (regardless of how the cunt played v us). Liverpool only needs a world class CB to pair with van Dijk and they are golden, unfortunately. If they ad that and also Fekir (supposedly that is now back to being resurrected again) they could beat out City if they dont fix that DMF situ. They also could use Joe Gomez at his natural CB position, and that might be their world class fix (I think he needs a year or 2 for sure still to get to that level. Goonas are fucked at CB (I think Mustafi is shit, but they did add Sokratis) at LB, and at the wings, maybe at GK too if Leno plays as shit the rest of year as he did in first game (hello Karius 2.0)

my naughty ex neighbour dubbed it The Kibbutz

go real old skool Covent Garden nuns

If we don't sign anymore offensive players (RW,LW, AMF, Striker) and we loan CHO out, I am going to lose my mind. I REALLYthink we lose Courtois, and I guess we sign Reina. If that's it for ins (some may still be sold out) I predict Sarri could be sacked sometime in the next 12 months. GK Reina (IF he signs)/Caballero and Green disaster, so fucked CB Christensen great CB Rudiger great backups 17 yo Ampadu and blääää Cahill, no clue on Luiz??? Zouma is damaged goods I fear (what a disaster that knee injury was, he looked like he was going to be a BEAST) overall, if we miss out on Rugani, a huge blow, plus we have to keep Luiz then and either way it looks like no Cahill sale, gggrrrr RB Azpi backups Zappacosta and Moses? (I see no place for him on this team) overall this position is oki as long as Azpi stays healthy LB Emerson (who I still have no idea if he is as good as I think he can be) backup Alonso (who I think isnt going to work well in a back four) HUGE question marks DMF Kante (best in world atm) backup Bakayoko (yikes!) CMF Jorginho (the only decent thing in ages) , RLC (ffs sell Drinkwater) key here is RLC, maybe Sarri can work magic on him and end up using him as AMF too AMF Barkely backup ageing Fabregas, we need to pray Barkley doesnt get injured for the 21,765th time RW Willian backup/rotation Pedro , if Willian goes wonky in clubhouse, we are so fucked LW Hazard, backup CHO (if he stays with main club) Pedro can be emergency backup this is big trouble waiting to happen Striker Giroud backup Morata (unless we sell him) no clue on Bats, I dont think he is Sarriball material,and finally Abraham, who is yet another who was a world beater in the Championship, and now the world beats him in the EPL this position is FUCKED as it stands overall GK and Striker as it stands (if Courtois leaves) ARE FUCKED Wingers are dodgy overall (except for Hazard and possibly CHO if he stays), we lack a truly devastating AMF (that's nothing new, but Sarri system needs one) Fullbacks (if Emerson doesn't pan out) other than Azpi looks another potential mess Nightmare potential if this is what we end up with, I rate chances at 50/50, especially if Hazard or or Azpi, Barkley, Jorginho, or one of the starting CB's gets hurt, the drop off in talent is INSANE in all FIVE positions, and GK is fucked ( and Reina isnt even signed yet, imagine a duo of Caballero and Green!!!!!

Aurelio De Laurentiis slams Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri again over Napoli departure https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/news/sarri-chelsea-de-laurentiis-napoli-14957458 Napoli president has hit out at his former head coach Maurizio Sarri once again by claiming that the now Chelsea boss was 'rude' during the final weeks of his time in Italy. The Blues boss was replaced from his role in Naples by Carlo Ancelotti and after a decent working his relationship, he and his former boss De Laurentiis parted company in bad ways. There was a constant struggle with the Serie A side's chief to fully release him from his deal with the club so that he could make the switch to west London and manage in the Premier League. snip

Chelsea made a desperate downgrade for Willian https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20180726/451105504729/barca-malcom-willian-chelsea.html We really have to sack Granovskaia

BAD NEWS Zanetti Says Icardi Will Sign New Contract

Chelsea transfer news: Blues have Daniele Rugani problem - agent CHELSEA will struggle to sign Daniele Rugani this summer - because he doesn’t want to leave Juventus. https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/994293/Chelsea-transfer-news-Daniele-Rugani-agent-Juventus

don't forget the Hurricane Jairzinho

Lets look at this assuming Courtois leaves GK is literally then (unless we sign someone) Caballero (shoot me now) and ROB GREEN PANIC IF NO CHANGE AND COURTOIS LEAVES CB is oki, except the 3rd one is a 17yo (Cahill shouldn't be allowed near the pitch) LB It's all on Emerson (unproven so far, as he has hardly played) I say this because I do NOT see Alonso as being up the task of playing in a back 4 I rate this a weakness RB Azpi is great, Zappa, ermmm, not so much, but it is oki DMF loaded CMF good AMF Barkley or die, and he has a horrific injury record so huge weakness LW Harzard and HOPEFULLY CHO so should be a strength, but no real depth and CHO is only 17, if CHO is not included on first team and is loaned out, this is a huge issue RW Willian if he stays is going to be poison in locker room, Pedro is serviceable as a backup, really a weakness here Striker Morata is shit, let's not beat around bush on that one, Giroud is fine as a backup but he is not a world class player who can lead us anyway near a trophy (we are NOT France!), and he is ageing. Bats? Not a Sarriball player so.... huge weakness atm that's 5 positions in big trouble, one probably

meanwhile we turn down £65m for a soon to be 30 yo RWer with an attitude problem AND to a non EPL team!!!!!

THAT IS ALSO AN ALTERNATIVE TO THIS

TOTALLY ON POINT!!! and I am NOT a Willian fan, this guy is SHIT and SHORT, he would not even come up to boob level on me (I am 1.83m) if I was wearing any of my shitload of Louboutins

Tosh. It was 2 sales, £65m (Willian) and £55m (Morata), not some £200m global blockbuster. Also, we could have been buying players before that as well. Under your positing we could never cut any good deals if we sold any players of worth, nor could any clubs who sold players in the £40m to £80m range (and especially above). Also if you think £120m wont bring quality, you need to seriously take a look at some of the QUALITY transfers that massive teams have gotten this window, and the prices they paid. Examples of loaded (money-wise) teams paying fair prices Thomas Lemar to AM, £63m Naby Keïta to the scousers, £54m, explosive MF, pretty fair price given his ability Douglas Costa to Juve £36m (and from Bayern, who drive hard bargains) Gelson Martins to AM FREE (he is easily a £40m plus player, he renounced contract due to Sporting Lisbon nightmare) Jorginho to us £57m when add-ons are counted, thats not an overpay at all for a top 5 in world DMF/Deep holding playmaker Malcom to Barca £37m (great price for a superb RW) Fabinho to the scousers £40m (far better player than Bakayoko, who we paid same for) Corentin Tolisso to Bayern last year £37m for a superb young MF, another one we cocked up Federico Bernardeschi to Juve last year for only £36m Leon Goretzka to Bayern on a FREE for one of best young CMF's in the world Stefan de Vrij to Inter on a FREE for a great CB Clément Lenglet to Barca for £32m he is a superb young CB, another one I really wanted us to pursue João Cancelo to Juve for £36m, a great young RB, he looked the dog's bollocks at Inter last year Álvaro Odriozola to Real Madrid for £27m, another superb young RB, miles beyond Zappacosta Leonardo Bonucci to Milan for £37m last year, great price even though he was 30, he has at least 3 years left at a really high level Iñigo Martínez to Atheletic Bibao for £28m for a superb CB Lucas Torreira to Arsenal £27m for another superb young DMF Arthur Melo to Barca £27m for another great Brasilian CMF Franck Kessié to Milan lat year for £18m, a steal, he has come on like gangbusters Jean Michaël Seri to Fulham for £27m, a great price

I dont think hazard is going BUT if he does then these deals (some need to happen regardless) need to go down GK Strakosha or Donnarumma CB Rugani (I am more and more sold on him daily, after a lot of Juve old games) MF (and this is if Hazard is sold, as its the only way we have enough cash) M-S all the way (I list a shit tonne of other options here RW Willian out, Federico Bernardeschi (Juve have 3 starting RW'ers now) or Suso in, Pedro is fine as backup Dembele is simply too expensive if we do these others LW, Leon Bailey (he actually prefers RW, so is super versatile) need him regardless of all else Striker Icadi (my dream but I dont think we will have the jacobs to buy him, we fucked up huge and let release clause of only £98m expire a few weeks back) If not Icardi, Martial, I think he would be a superb number 9 in Sarriball

What's left for alternatives. Some are pipe dreams. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (obviously, and my number one choice) Julian Draxler Miralem Pjanic Thiago Isco Nabil Fekir Mateo Kovacic Tanguy Ndombélé (Lyon) Amine Harit (Schalke) Luis Alberto (Lazio) Houssem Aouar (Lyon) Rafinha (Barca) Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen) Bruno Fernandes (Sporting Lisbon) Pablo Fornals (Villarreal) Talisca (on loan in China until December) Lucas Paquetá (Flamengo) Carlos Soler (Valencia) Dennis Praet (Sampdoria) Matías Vecino (Inter) Sarri wants him,I am not sold on him, and he certainly isn't a goal scorer Manu Trigueros (Villarreal) Hakim Ziyech (Ajax) Amadou Haidara (RB Salzburg)

Oh, FFS!, £70m valuation for Morata??? The same as with Willian to Barca, and the exact same shit is going to happen. We are going to get fucking stuck with BOTH, when we could have had £120m fucking pounds and been done with the trouble. GRRRRRRRR

Bayer just bought Mitchell Weiser from Hertha Berlin to be their starter at RB, so Heinrichs will probably not get that much time anyway. He has informed the club he wants to leave. Azpi may (especially if the Rugani deal falls through and we fail to buy another CB after that) probably have to play some CB, so there is the opportunity. He also can play LB, CB and DMF too.

I didn't say to buy, was listing the options out there for the poster I replied to I want Azpi as RB would, however sell Zappa and buy Benjamin Henrichs

We so so need to sell Moses, where is he going to play? No more WB, and Azpi and Zappa ahead of him at RB, I think, unless we sell Zappa. We will never get more for him that right now.

These are all that is out there in terms of quality RB's bold are most likely Sime Vrsaljko (Inter is on verge of signing him any day though) deffo my first choice out of all of these, although Sarri wants my next listing below Elseid Hysaj (but we have no-raid deal with Napoli now that we have Sarri) Djibril Sidibé (has been linked to so many clubs, never us really though) Alessandro Florenzi (Roma dont want to sell, and again, mutiple clubs want him) Andrea Conti bad knee injury, out for months Thomas Meunier rock solid, would make Hazard happy, but will PSG sell? Barca wants him too Benjamin Henrichs massive potential, young (21) but he regressed a wee bit at Bayer Leverkusen last year , still I would love this one Nordi Mukiele 20yo potential next French superstar RB, BUT RB Leipzig just snagged him, grrrrr thats it, unless Barca buys Meunier and decides to sell Nelson Semedo, who jumps up to near top of this list

Take Drinkwater, change his name to Daniele Natale Bereacqua (Daniel Noel Drinkwater in Italian) via deed poll and ship him off to Lazio with £70m for M-S

Is in our genetic code /me taps mic........ If I had the wings of a sparrow if I had the arse of a crow I'd fly straight over Tottenham and shit on those bastards below