The Skipper

This dude would grab at least 10 goals/assists from RWB for us. At least.

Pleaaaaaaaaaase. Please make it happen football god.

Really? It's not as impossible as you think.

Gotta pay big for world class quality.

Yeah agreed on passing, but he has the potential to become a great passer. He has nice vision, he sees the flow of the game well too. Nevertheless, top class pick up from Monaco.

Playing in his favourite position or winning trophies with Chelsea as a starter?

Has one year left on his contract.

At least £10m from Solanke too. Since it looks like Diego is off too (50-60m?), we don't even have to spend over £100m net to get something like that...

Perfect window for me that's quite realistic? Lukaku, Bakayoko, Sandro, James, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Caballero.

You'd start Cahill over Luiz????

I just did a video on him and he's more similar to Fabinho to me. He's athletic, but he's got a languid style of play and is a very good passer, Bakayoko is much better/more active defensively. I would compare him to Nzonzi from Sevilla. Is that a fair comparison?

If Neuer was in England, I'm sure he'd be on like 250k at least a week. I don't think it's fair people discriminate the role of a GK like that. Just as important as outfield player, and one of the few truly world class players we have. What's 200k these days when Ronaldo and Messi are on like 400k, Rooney's on 300k? He has two years left on his contract, we can't afford to play around and allow it to become an Alexis/Ozil situation. He's already on like a 100k a week I think.

Why is 200k for a keeper not ok? The guy is a world class player no? You wouldn't bat an eye lid at giving Hazard that... some would even be ok with giving Eden 300k. Why is 200k for a top 3/5 GK in the world too much?

Sure. We will still play 343 but for a manager like Conte it's counter productive to just have one solid system.

I see a general trend towards our negotiations being exactly that since she's been in charge - antagonistic. Like you, I genuinely hope that it's not actually the case, and maybe I'm imagining things.

Ugh. These rumours are absolute bullshit. It's a rehash from the Inter story, resurfaced by that obsessed Mourinho lover boy Duncan Castles. Why in the world would you believe him? I'm pretty sure we have signings lined up and that the main reason they haven't been announced is simply due to the Nike deal. They're really trying to force this power hungry Conte narrative which I think is rubbish. Conte knew what sort of club he was signing for, he knows he can't be making Sir Alex Ferguson style demands just yet, he's only been here for a season. No doubt people will try to ignorantly blame either party (Conte or the board) to suit their agendas.

Rather it simple tbh. Adidas have always had better kits than Nike, at least we aren't getting those weird Nike kits.

This could be a 'good' thing.

I'm going to throw one more name in there for you - Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Hazard - Lukaku - Ronaldo front three, let's get it.

I'm getting way too excited about this. Would be one of the best signings we've made in the Roman era full stop.

I forgot Jorge was there. They truly have one outstanding scouting system there. They won't even miss Mendy or Sidibe, especially the latter - feel like Gaspar and Traore are more talented already - don't rate Sidibe too much. Like you said, question is if their talent can translate to the top level now.

That's a fair assessment but maybe he just needs more games there. I wouldn't mind trying it. Christensen could play there instead too.

If Cahill can play there why can't Luiz, who's probably the best technical CB in the world?

Yep. Midfield set for them. Not sure how good this lad is though (Meite).