Vesper

fun fact I am named after Vesper Lynd mummy is a cray Ian Fleming 007 fangirl The 30-Year Quest to Recreate James Bond’s Original Vesper Martini “It’s remarkable that the Vesper has become so indelibly linked with our hero. Especially when you consider that for more than half of the drink’s lifetime, it has been nigh on impossible to make." https://www.vice.com/en/article/mgkgey/the-30-year-quest-to-recreate-james-bonds-original-vesper-martini

out! 4.0 (I think) updated (£225-235m or so left to be garnered if we sell all the non crossed out, which, when the other sales are added in, basically wipes out the £600m in transfer fees paid from last season) IF we buy another CF I am all down to sell Broja, which would take it to £255-265m or so Saudis are deffo in the mix to sell to for some of these Edouard Mendy Kalidou Koulibaly Marc Cucurella César Azpilicueta Conor Gallagher Ruben Loftus-Cheek Mason Mount Christian Pulisic Hakim Ziyech (ffs) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Raheem Sterling Trevoh Chalobah — DF Wales WAL Ethan Ampadu (at Spezia until 30 June 2023) — DF Ghana GHA Baba Rahman (at Reading until 30 June 2023) — DF France FRA Malang Sarr (at Monaco until 30 June 2023) — DF England ENG Dujon Sterling (at Stoke City until 30 June 2023) — MF England ENG Tino Anjorin (at Huddersfield Town until 30 June 2023) — MF France FRA Tiémoué Bakayoko (at AC Milan until 30 June 2023) — FW England ENG Callum Hudson-Odoi (at Bayer Leverkusen until 30 June 2023) — FW Belgium BEL Romelu Lukaku (at Inter Milan until 30 June 2023) plus now also gone Kai Kova Kante Denis Zakaria João Félix

Mbappe is better maybe they swap with a bit of cash to PSG to sweeten the pot (I have posted extensively on this before, and Vini Jr is so insanely racially abused and death threated in Spain he might go for it)

and Аркадий Романович Абрамович (Arkadiy Romanovich Abramovich, his son, who I am convinced had input/influence into some of the sales and some of the buys)

but Nagelsmann said no thanks, so hardly Vivell's fault I am more than happy with Poch, btw

do not forget that Valverde can also play RWer Tchou totally would free up Enzo to do his wizardry

fuck Caicedo and Brighton's game playing arses we should go HARD for Tchou!!!! Real can use the dosh to help buy Mbappe this summer sell Gallagher and also buy Valverde from them and that covers all their cost with room to spare we have more players we can sell too, the Saudis will go hard for some of them

did not hear that one, yikes

the ones in the sand and oil who can get a future king to dance with the sword 4 year contract for £2 billion

He was in our top management position (as we have no Sporting Director, who is typically top of the heap, only under the owner and/or the board) Vivell was the Technical Director, responsible for the overall management and strategic direction of the non-commercial, non physical plant footballing aspects of the club. He oversaw the club’s operations including player recruitment, coach development, performance analysis, sport science and strategic planning. He was responsible for developing and implementing our long-term plans.

what the fuck is going on, Vivell is a MASSIVE loss

FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

that final was one of the worst losses for me to take ever FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK we have been so utterly shit in domestic cup finals for ages, after being a true force for years FA Cup from 1996/1997 (fucking Arsenal, grrrr, if we had handled them we would have been 10 wins, no losses from 1996/1997 to 2019/2020) EFL Cup since 1996/197 Wins Losses FA Community Shield (since 1996/1997) Wins Losses

say goodbye to this soon, fuck 😓

besides Guehi (the 20% sell on fee makes him affordable) right footed CBs that are also truly in the mix for me Ronald Araújo (hard as hell pull) taking him off as he will either be Barca's new captain or vice captain (if Sergi Roberto gets captain), he is so not leaving, arfffff António Silva Giorgio Scalvini Bremer Robin Le Normand José María Giménez (last summer on any of my lists as he turns 30 in 18 months, plus he has a poor injury history) Jean-Clair Todibo Mohamed Simakan Taylor Harwood-Bellis (IF Citeh sells him) Perr Schuurs Nicolò Casale (sleeper) Malick Thiaw Anel Ahmedhodzic Merih Demiral Josip Sutalo Danilho Doekhi (sleeper) youth Zeno Debast Ousmane Diomande (Sporting want insane money now, £69m, his full release clause) Leny Yoro (17 yo) Luka Vuskovic (16 yo) likely the next monster Croatian CB Atalanta Desperate to Offload Inter-Linked Defender (Demiral) not saying he is my first choice at all, but he may well only cost around £10-12m https://cultofcalcio.com/atalanta-desperate-to-offload-inter-linked-defender/

I think he learned a lot on that whilst at the nightmare that is the PSG ego/player power machine PSG, over the last 10 years or so had/have some of the most massive egos on world football (Thiago Silva, Thiago Motta, and Blaise Matuidi being the huge exceptions, they were the adults in the room) Zlatan Icardi Pessi Mbappe Neymar Marquinhos Sergio Ramos Donnarumma Verratti Javier Pastore Ezequiel Lavezzi Dani Alves Adrien Rabiot David Luiz Edinson Cavani Ángel Di María Georginio Wijnaldum Serge Aurier Hatem Ben Arfa

Nice intro video I wish him well zero hard feelings he was a fucking force at Dortmund, a joy to watch shame they never could beat the Bavarian scum for the Meisterschaft

I missed that one, lol

lol, it is like he is Diego Moreira's personal coach in the first half or so of the video

TBF he looked great at Barca after he joined them in February 2022 11 league goals in only 1092 minutes (which also shows how shit La Liga is, lol) he never was the same after that brutal robbery ay his home in August 2022 where he had his jaw crushed with a steel pipe and his family terrorised On 14 May 2023, Barcelona beat Espanyol in a 4–2 win to secure the 2022–23 La Liga title, meaning Aubameyang claimed the first league title in his career, despite playing just nine minutes for Barca before joining Chelsea in the summer of 2022.

I will update this as needed as the days roll by https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2023/jun/01/mens-transfer-window-summer-2023-premier-league-italy-spain-germany-france

that is just a rehash of months-old news and it is not Chelsea-specific

I am just gobsmacked we have not snatched up Mamardashvili for his £21.5m release clause