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“It is still better to play the game behind closed doors and have it on TV, which is what the people need and want because it brings positive energy to their homes [...] and it will be July or August. We can’t play it out in September or October.” -Aleksander Ceferin; source: ZDF via Guardian

Ooh ok then! Let them have Sancho

Yes I do think. Tbh I do not know how will COVID19 effect clubs so will put that aside... Also Barkley since season 16/17... In 17/18 he did not play at all. In 18/19 season 3 goals and 5 assist in the PL (just 1241 minutes). Goal or assist on every 155 minutes. Very solid. He is far from shit. 19/20 3 goals 4 assist (1125 minutes all comps). Again very solid in limited time. In regular full season 3000+ minutes Barkley would give you 10+10 season. But after all Ross is just squad player for us. No issues having him as one of the 6 midfielders. You forgot he is regular England international? He scored 4 goals in the last 8 games for ENG. As you mentioned English players cost more. Every midfielder who plays for England costs a lot. Winks, Dele, Rice, OX, Maddison, Grealish... Do not put Barkley and Drinkwater in same bracket. Ross is completely different level. How much Liverpool paid for OX? Leicester for Ayoze? Everton for Sigurdsson? Arsenal for Xhaka? Everton for Iwobi? I do rate Ross a lot, it is on Frank to make him one of the best midfielders in the league. But not sure he can do that and it looks like he has different plans so we can sell him for a lot of money.

Olie stay!

I am sure many PL teams would be happy to give Ross 100k per week and 35m to us.

Pep Guardiola's mother, 82, dies from coronavirus in Barcelona just weeks after the Manchester City manager donated £920,000 to fight the virus in his native Catalonia https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8192235/Pep-Guardiolas-mother-dies-coronavirus-age-82-Manchester-City-confirm.html#comments

I understand that all countries who take quarantine is more to help social workers and hospitals. To slow down virus a little bit. Because imagine all at once, no health system in the world would be able to handle that. So if Sweden think they can handle situation in their one way nothing wrong with that I think.

We have Pulisic, CHO, Ziyach and we all still want to spend +100m on Sancho. Selling Barkley and buying Coutinho. How is that a issue?

So not true. And I'm not even a Coutinho fan.

Reports the other day said that UEFA will suspend FFP for next season. What makes you think that rich owners won't use that to spend more than in normal circumstances?

https://www.twitch.tv/38entertainment Gilmour vs James (UTD) live on FIFA.

Some Chelsea fans be like: Isco is shit, James Rodriguez is done, no need for Coutinho, he is overrated 😂😂 RLC and Barkley should play deeper 😂😂 Ziyech is winger 😂😂 I swear if we could sign prime Zidane for free some would be against it so we don't upset our little baby on that position 😂😂 Coutinho was best Brazilian player on World Cup and in team of the tournament.

Legend! Was about to post it in his thread but it is closed @Jason

Some great names are in this situation. We should be on alert. Sane, Auba, Alaba, Aguero, Thiago, Donnarumma, Torres, Upamecano, Telles, Milik, Zielinski, Tonali...

I have been very critical towards Zouma earlier in the season by calling him worst CB in the world... But after all I have seen from our other CBs this season not sure what to think anymore. Imo none of our 4 CB is good enough to be a starter. Maybe Rudiger but by that poll almost 50% of Chelsea fans think he is our worst CB. So I guess Zouma and maybe Chris are good enough to be 3rd or 4th option from the bench. Do not forget Deschamps rates Zouma over Laporte, Konate, Upamecano, Diop...

Also we actually may change both LBs this summer. I know you like him. Chelsea one of three clubs interested in Atalanta wing-back Robin Gosens — report https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours-news/2020/4/3/21206641/chelsea-one-of-three-clubs-interested-in-atalanta-wing-back-robin-gosens-report

Is at least testing free in US?

Chelsea fans sure can surprise me. For me it would be opposite. 1. Tomori 2. Chris 3. Zouma 4. Rudiger With one difference. I would not sale Tomori. Loan him again next season and I am pretty sure that is what we are going to do. I mean we just kept two clean sheets against Liverpool and Everton with Rudi-Kurt and people are voting for them? Of course this is my opinion from Chelsea perspective where we sell(loan) one and buy one (not world class) defender. I would sell two and buy two world class CBs but what do I know...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8184359/Danny-Drinkwaters-FoodWell-restaurant-loses-nearly-2m-12-months.html Danny Drinkwater's FoodWell restaurant loses nearly £2MILLION in its first 12 months and could face further losses after shutting amid coronavirus crisis as midfielder's nightmare continues This is what happens when idiot tries to run a business.

With break that we have now for a couple of months and no EURO there should not be a summer break at all!

For normal job with normal salary I wouldn't. But footballers are not in this bracket. One fucking Drinkwater earns per month more than 300 nurses in UK in the same period. How sad is that?

Pretty sure they are all fit now. But when are we back in training for sure some of them will get new muscle injuries

After no one makes a single post on any thread for like 2 or 3 years we are not able to post in that topic anymore. Not sure that is the right thing especially in ex players thread.