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Sky Italia says the meetings are going on now. https://gianlucadimarzio.com/it/chelsea-trattativa-mertens

Vardy looked slow against Villa. Maddison looked good. I hope Vardy stays slow.

Sooooo Mertens and Ziyech eeehhh? Spin the wheel of players out there Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1234722/Chelsea-transfer-news-Krzysztof-Piatek-Dries-Mertens-Hakim-Ziyech

Duncan Castles says we are buying Zaha. I think the journalists, if you can call them that, are getting desperate.

We have a very light schedule at the end of the season.....not that this has any meaning lately. We beat or draw with top teams and lose to the bottom.

I went back and looked at deadline day last year. It is not like a bunch of big players move on that day. https://www.premierleague.com/news/984141

Cavani will not be available for their Wednesday match. Negotiating must be going on with a club somewhere.

Really enjoyed this article from Pat Nevin about our transfer window. https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/01/28/pat-nevin-looks-at-the-january-transfer-window-and-the-lessons-c?cardIndex=0-0

Miami and New York FC in MLS want Pedro also.

Are we talking with him or his agent? These rumors are impossible to know who is really doing what?

Thanks, I am pretty busy this morning and just scanning. Never a good thing.

Maybe he could improve our club?

Soooo maybeeee ________________________________________________ Olmo rejected Bayern and Milan New RB Leipzig signing Dani Olmo rejected offers from Bayern Munich and AC Milan, claim Sportske Novosti. They claim Bayern made four last-ditch offers to sign the Spanish international from Dinamo Zagreb, but he didn't feel either club was right for his development. Olmo, 21, had also been heavily linked with a return to former club Barcelona.

Lol, doing too many things at work at one time and forgot he was not in the last game because it was a weak opponent in FA cup.

Is Kepa fit?

Chelsea have reportedly bid 27m euros (£22.8m) for Tottenham target Krzystof Piatek. Italian journalist Louis Girardi claims the Blues have made a move for the AC Milan outcast – who is looking to get game time ahead of the Euro 2020 Championships this summer. Spurs have been linked with a move for the Polish striker, as they eye cover for the injured Harry Kane. And they have been told by Milan to better the fee offered by the Blues who are looking a forward to provide competition with Tammy Abraham.

Reports that Atletico will not meet salary cap with Cavani.

Appeased!!

If anyone said in preseason that we would have a 6 game lead in 4th place in the last week of January, they would have been laughed at. Lampard's team is ahead of expectations. It is a roller coaster ride, but we all knew that would be the case from preseason. Saying we should sack a manager that has a team higher in the standings than expected is bizarre to me.

Not sure how reliable The Sun is, but evidently there is more discussion between the clubs about Dembele. More outlets jumping on the Robin Gosens story too. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/10804552/chelsea-dembele-transfer-cavani-talks/?scrlybrkr=fdda1fa4

We have been unlucky with injuries, but we have been very lucky for a few weeks that every time we blow a game we should have got 3 points in and ended up with a loss or a draw.....the teams around us all lose. When journalists said at the beginning of the year that it would be a wild ride for Chelsea and their young team, they were right on the money.

120% panic buying for the next week incoming for ManU.

For some weird reason, watching ManU getting dominated by Burnley makes me feel better about Chelsea.

He did say he wanted to keep his current wage. That is about the only way he is going to make that kind of money and transfer. That is over 5 million in 3 1/2 months.

This is depressing.