The Skipper

People are forgetting that we have Christensen coming back next season... I wouldn't blame the club for not really over pursuing tbh.

I think Oscar, Cuadrado, Pedro and Moses can all go over the next season/season after tbh. That leaves us with Hazard, Willian and Kenedy. We sign someone like Isco or James to fill the void and hope someone like Musonda or Boga (or both) makes that step up in Spain. That leaves us oozing with quality in Hazard, Isco/James, Willian, Kenedy Musonda and/or Boga. It's so easy to achieve this. Personally if I was building this team in the future I would go for: GK: Courtois, Begovic DF: Zouma, Christensen, Azpilicueta, JT(one more season maybe, as a back up to integrate Andreas?), a new LB, a new CB. Kenedy/Ake/Aina to fill in defensively. MF: Fabregas, Matic, Kante, RLC, Chalobah. AM: Hazard, Isco, Willian, Kenedy, Musonda, Boga CF: Costa, Batshuayi, Traore, Solanke. That's 25 players I believe. Full of academy and HG players but also filled with talented squad players. All we've done here is sold: Cahill, Baba, Ivanovic, Mikel, Oscar, Cuadrado, Moses and Remy. (Lots of funds!) Bought: a new LB, a new CB and Isco. This is actually very doable. Makes too much sense for it to happen though.

If I was a Napoli fan I would love him.

You must be mad if you think Emenalo alone decides who we bid on pal.

Don't forget this guy is versatile. Very adept at CB too.

Matic is nowhere near as dynamic as Kante because he isn't anywhere near the athlete Kante is. As a B2B he'd probably resemble someone like Schweinsteiger in his prime.

Hopefully he has a big season and takes La Liga by storm. Time to start integrating these talented youths into the squad. Either as squad players or hopefully the first XI (as would hopefully be the case in Charly's situation).

Dude talks too much sense.

Please. We have enough talent in midfield with the likes of Chalobah and RLC (as squad players). If we're buying another midfielder let us at least buy a superstar.

Andre Ayew is not a striker. At all.

Kinda reminds me of Raul Meireles tbh.

He's retiring here.

Fabregas was not 10 times worse, let's not rewrite history now. Matic was very awful last season, one of our worst players. He definitely has something to prove this year.

It's extremely excessive. I would take James for around that price though, especially if we say flog Oscar for £30m.

We're not linked with him but I think he'd make a great addition. I think he's been put to the side a bit at Real, do you think we can get him at a cut rate price?

I don't think you're being harsh at all. He doesn't provide much to the team at all. Going down the Mikel route IMO.

I would say Kante is in the same mold as Nainggolan tbh. Won't be surprised to see Mikel stay as a back up DM. Or we ship him out and sign a proper CDM. Of course Kante can play there but it's a bit like putting in Essien at CDM, not using him to his best capabilities.

That's the main thing I'm delighted for. We actually have options to play differently as the situation requires, without compromising quality too. If Matic regains form our midfield isn't too bad actually. We need to ship out Oscar and attain a better player and I'd be very happy with our midfield.

This guy is easily the best ball winning midfielder in the PL. His anticipation is outstanding. One of the reasons Leicester scored vital goals was due to Kante nicking the ball in moments where the opposition thought they were comfortable in possession and setting up great counter attacking possibilities. He's going to be massive in the big games.

Even though some of you don't really like the idea of Fabregas still having an important role in the team, I actually think a midfield three of Fabregas, Matic & Kante would work really well. Kante makes up for the lack of dynamism Matic displays and lack of defensive prowess Fabregas has. It could work very well.

So the club fully bid 90m euros for Pogba but apparently we didn't back Jose last season.

I didn't actually say that. I said that Morata is more similar to Mandzukic than he is to Dybala. My point is comparing Morata to Dybala is even more absurd than comparing Morata to Mandzukic. Morata is nowhere near Dybala technically, not even a question. Morata is more of a penalty box striker as well, just like Mandzukic is. There are more similarities in Morata and Mandzukic than there are in Morata and Dybala.

The player holds the power in this. If he doesn't want to go to Everton, how much they bid for him doesn't matter. Who is to say that Chelsea won't up their offer to match Everton's? Complaining that Everton bid higher than us after we've already had a bid on the table is outrageous. It's not like they made a bid before us and we decided to undercut their bid. Before you get angry, at least see how it plays out. Also, please refrain from calling other forum members stupid, or telling them to use their brain. You can have debates without insulting someone.

You're actually one of the most annoying members on this forum at the moment. So what if Everton outbid us by 6m euros? It's Koulibaly's decision to come here or not. I'm sure he'd pick the Bridge over Goodison Park.

Ha, Dybala is not similar to Morata at all. Morata is more similar to Mandzukic than he is to Dybala. Using this argument, we definitely shouldn't sign Morata because he's very similar to Michy and Costa, so they can't play up front together. ~£50m for Morata? You must be insane. Let's spend our money somewhere else where we actually need players, you know, like CM or at the back.