Vesper

I think Penders needs one more season (2026/27) at Strasbourg, especially if they qualify for Europe. If he does come here next season then either he rides the bench or Sanchez will demand to be sold.

Chelsea have not made fresh contact for Serie A star Mike Maignan yet https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/sources-Chelsea-have-not-made-fresh We have the full drop on some latest transfer noise that has come out this week, and some will see it as good news, others will see it as bad. As you will know, Chelsea are making plans for the next two transfer windows, with January now right around the corner. Whilst we are not expecting a busy winter transfer window, there are some situations brewing up that could happen and see us react. One of those of course is Filip Jorgensen wanting to leave the club in search of more minutes. According to SPTC Sources, Chelsea are not keen to sanction a loan move for Jorgensen midseason, so any move in January will likely have to be a permanent, if Chelsea are to accept it. Clubs are starting to make enquiries for him now. So if Jorgensen goes, will Chelsea target Mike Maignan? Well, this is where it gets sticky. The issue Chelsea have is that neither Robert Sanchez or Maignan would accept being a backup goalkeeper. So it’s a case of either having to sell Sanchez to bring Maignan in, or just don’t bring Maignan at all and keep Sanchez. Our sources believe that if Jorgensen does go then the most likely replacement would be another name that comes up, possibly a home grown option to help fill a spot there. SPTC Sources have confirmed that despite reports this week, Chelsea have not made any fresh contact for Maignan - club or agents. And in fact, our sources believe that the ship has all but sailed now for Maignan and Chelsea. You cannot rule it out 100% though because decisions need to be made around goalkeepers and he could still present an opportunity as a free agent. But right now, the club are in the belief that Mike Penders will be ready in the summer of 2026, so they are also taking that into account. However, no decision will be made on Penders until that point, so that is why I am still leaving the door slightly ajar for a Maignan or another goalkeeper to come in. I reiterate though, no fresh contact for Maignan as of the time of writing this (Thursday 27th November 6.30am) and Chelsea now looking more unlikely to make a move for him.

left footed CBs Alessandro Bastoni Murillo Alessandro Buongiorno Jarrad Branthwaite Castello Lukeba Gonçalo Inácio Sven Botman Nico Schlotterbeck Evan Ndicka Konstantinos Koulierakis Honest Ahanor (17yo, turns 18 on February 23rd, 2026) right footed CBs Joel Ordóñez Marc Guéhi Ousmane Diomande Giorgio Scalvini Tomás Araújo Mario Gila Jan Paul van Hecke Mohamed Simakan

I loved these:

Inter would be perfect for him

and they are going to do a half billion pound upgrade to their stadium, expand it and put in a shedload of new lux boxes

Geovany Quenda with a goal and an assist in a 3 nil win

down go Inter at the death

Arsenal, even with no Gabriel (best CB, along with Bastoni, on the planet atm) are the best team on the planet IMHO and they are doing it with Gyökeres not doing much they have insane depth

Vitinha with a hat trick v Spuds

Slot is going to be sacked

1 4 Pool being shredded

that Real defence is so shaky

3 1 Arse horrorshow keeping by Neuer

Nico coming on

Mbappe now has 4 goals

Noni 2 1

Mbappe with a 7 minute hat trick

many big names out for this game Bayern: Alphonso Davies Jamal Musiala Luis Díaz Arse: Gabriel Magalhães Max Dowman Viktor Gyökeres Kai Havertz Gabriel Jesus

and that was with no Gabriel (he is out for a couple months)

Lennart Karl 1 1 17yo

1 nil arse off a corner of course, lolol

Bastoni over Murillo (for LCB) but if he refuses (likely) then yes, Murillo for RCB I say Joel Ordóñez

and Cubarsi is far too slow to be rated the best CB on the planet no way would he be a mega star in the EPL at least not now, maybe with years more of experience