The Skipper

I understand @BlueLyon's concerns on Bernardo being too much of another Hazard but I think it might work. I see Conte is trying to change Hazard into more of a pure forward these days. If we could rely on Eden to get us 20/25 a season in all comps which he should be able to, a 15 goal contribution from Silva would be fine. Huge question is if we can get Eden to actually do this.

A lot of those players didn't make the squad for EURO16. And they still made the final which they really should've won.

Been saying it for ages, a lot from that's Monaco team would start here. French league/talent in general is so full of talent. It'd be stupid to miss out. Found this on twitter the other day, talent depth is ridiculous:

According to lots of United fans Hazard is now a diver. Cancer fan base.

He's definitely not 5'7. He doesn't look it IRL. You're wrong. Listed by Chelsea officially as 5'4 too.

Ryan Sessegnon. Check him out.

She seems like a spice. Knew N'Golo was one of those silent killers.

He never has been tbh.

1. Constantly slags off our fans indirectly. 2. Gives no credit to Conte or the players. 3. Has the audacity to say that his tactics here were basically the same as Conte's, except he played for four at the back and we play 5. 4. Tried to destroy our most valued player's legs even though just a year ago he was campaigning against such behaviour. And he's surprised that some fans told him to fuck off? Trying to play the victim? Christ.

Kante is improving the aspects of his game that need improving little by little. Seems to be growing in confidence. Hopefully he keeps refining his offensive play. He has decent dribbling ability and passing range, if Conte can just coach him to be effective in the final third we'll have a legend on our hand. Like Conte said, he needs to improve on his vertical passing and today was very positive in that regards. Tip him to have an even better season next year tbh, with better players, more confidence, more experience at CFC. Such a great buy in today's climate.

Chill...

Big performance from the boy. Looks like he means business for the rest of the season if you pair it with his recent comments.

He's actually shorter. Alba is listed as 165cm and Jay's at 164cm (5ft4). Ashley is listed a full 6 inches higher than him. He isn't taller than Roberto Carlos (168cm) nor is he the same height as Alves or Lahm. I've seen the guy play live and he definitely isn't just two inches shorter than Ashley. Besides, there's a kid who's a league above him who's killing at LB at 16, that's the sort of level we want Jay at or near.

Bailly would start, Pogba would start, Mkhitaryan and Zlatan would give Pedro and Costa a good run for their money. Mourinho has underachieved with his squad in the league, no doubt.

Not for that price. So many better players out there too.

Shame he's so small. If he was even Alba's size he'd probably make it here.

He has talent but he's an idiot.

Mourinho has succeeded in making his team the underdog. I honestly think they're bluffing. One of Rashford/Martial will play.

Looks like he'll be sold. He'd get no game time here especially if we sign another forward. Unlucky not to stay this season. His attitude at Ajax hasn't been good.

That's a lazy answer man. All of these guys would potentially start for us. Mourinho is at fault big time for not getting the best out of his players.

It's necessary. United did it this season with Bailly, Mkhitaryan, Zlatan and Pogba. It's more than doable.

Epic theory that. Sounds exactly like Jose.

Thanks for the post. 1. That is a valid concern indeed, and is why we need someone like Zouma to step up. I don't think we'll sell Cahill either. The centre back group is the least of our worries though, it's something we can work with. There aren't many amazing CBs out there worth spending money on that significantly improves that group. I wanted Christensen to start because he's our most talented young centre back. He does need to work on his strength big time though. We bed him in slowly next season, rotating him with Zouma and Cahill. 2 & 3. I spoke about younger players because more senior players have been discussed to death. Just wanted to show that there is a lot of elite young talent available at the moment. Ideally, I would get maybe 2 young stars and 2 more established stars. So something like Sanchez, Verratti, Alex Sandro, Semedo would be amazing for example. It's unlikely however that our window can be so perfect when there are a lot of other clubs looking to spend this season, hence why, again, I decided to perhaps pick out some younger players who'd be easier attainable. I feel like the squad is a lot more experienced than before. We have Fabregas, Luiz, Costa, Courtois, Hazard, Pedro, Cahill who are all experienced and established players. Baker is a good shout for squad depth, for sure.

I'm not disputing any of what you said. You obviously didn't read my initial post well enough because those are the players I said we should target first. If they aren't attainable we can go for young superstars. I mentioned players like Alexis, Aubameyang, Verratti, Bernardo Silva. I just didn't do an XI with them because they are players that won't be as easily attainable. It's way more unrealistic to think we can definitely get Alexis and Verratti in for certain. The XI wasn't the most important part of what I was trying to get at. I mentioned United and PSG because they'll more than likely be in the same position as us next transfer window, possibly fighting for the same players. If I put this XI instead: Courtois Azpi Luiz Christensen Semedo Kante Verratti A.Sandro Alexis Costa Hazard Would you be happier? Yes. It's a lot more unrealistic though.

...Sorry Henrique, just sounds to me like you haven't heard or watched most of the players I mentioned so I can't take your post too seriously. Don't know how you could say that our current 11 is better than that 11 I posted up otherwise. These same players that top clubs like Utd, City, Barcelona, Bayern, PSG, Juve, Real etc. will be after next summer aren't good enough? Really?