Hashishi

The look on Neymar face when he escaped Barca only to have PSG sign Messi on higher wages. Wherever he goes, he can't escape this guys shadow.

We should offer Bakayoko as a signing on bonus for Messi.

If he's world class, they would've at least tried to sign him this window too as a back up to Kane.

Isn't it interesting how they can't sign their top striker target, so instead just sign another attacking minded player. Grealish will provide another dimension and rotation. They don't spunk a load of money on a donkey like lukaku.

I'd rather have chewbacca at CF than Lukaku

Lukaku sucks. We should get Vlahovic as 2nd striker and move for Haaland next window. This window looks bleak if we get Kounde and Lukaku. Both their money could buy Haaland and I would rather buy him.

Xxx it is an Italian team or bust.

You listed Alonso twice, I think one of them is meant to be Chilwell.

John Obi Mikel.

Next year its just us and Bayern. City, Utd or Pool may go for him. Madrid may be able to squeeze him in with Mbappe maybe. I don't think any other team can afford him. It depends what he wants and if he likes Germany, we will lose out to Bayern. However, in prem we have the lure of London and 2 CL won. We also have German players especially in attack, who have replicated their form and he may want to prove himself at the top level. We have shown interest so it could happen even next year. I would prefer to spend 65m than 150.

So what I have learnt today is we signed a keeper I've never heard of before, Kounde means bumboy in Persian, ass in Indian and cunt in Czech, and finally we still don't have a recognised striker in our team other than Abraham.

At the same time, these are feather weight aerial duels in la liga. His stats are better than Varane last season, and he is only slightly worse than Ben White at defending. Konate sucks. We got the better deal than Utd, Pool and Arse.

Broja with a decisive goal. Gallagher playing 90 means he will be our CM backup?

He was overrated because he was in the first batch of youngsters to come through the academy. Now that we've seen players like James and Mount, we realise how much was missing from him even during his breakout season.

We need a striker. Do we see Broja or Ugbo next season??

Ffs same old story as under lampard. Fail to score for 70 mins then they get a lucky goal.

Yeah but would he do as a Jorginho backup? I agree, but it is just Bournemouth. We need to see if there are better alternatives as the drinkwater we all know can not start 15-20 matches this season.

Drinkwater looks like our CM4. His cross field pass to Odoi cemented his place.

I like how people now think he would be good in the pivot... Only because he lost his pace since his injury. The CM slots in the team are some of the hardest working jobs and requires a lot of defensive effort. Even under Sarri, he was too lethargic (same problem as pogba) and didn't do enough off the ball. Mounts work rate is undeniable. People can hate but he literally walks into any prem team (except maybe city). I think Mount learning to play in the pivot wouldn't be the worst idea if worst comes to worst. I wouldn't let RLC touch the first team until he can get into Brentfords.

I think Dortmund need to give permission for us to speak with him. Sometimes clubs meet with the players agent but both parties can get in trouble if it's leaked.

I liked how we used to sign 2 or 3 youngsters for the loan army, knowing full well they had a slim chance of ever making it into the team. Was still nice finding out who they were and keeping up with them over loans.

Bbc sport reporting Utd signing Varane for 34m. That is a steal for a very good CB. I would say he is better than Zouma and they are valued the same. Not really and it got worse when the Emmanuel guy left that was scouting for the loan army. She is good at squeezing the best deal possible but has little to no football knowledge. She has learnt from the flops, but still needs a director (Cech) to suggest targets and help evaluate their value and suitability for the club.

He has a CL medal, I think the only thing more reputable is a world Cup... Maybe its coming home in 2 years.

Metro is reporting that Arse will pay Tammy's wages and they put Laca up for sale for 15m to fund it. This indicates that we will sign a striker or someone in that mould, even if it is just cover for Havertz/Werner (basically the squad role that Tammy was holding up). Anyone want to discuss availible CF3's in case Haaland doesn't pan out? Any chance we sign him and loan back in Jan? Other positions we may supplement are CM4 , CB, RWB and GK3. We need a Ramires type player that could cover 3 of those positions. Rice can cover 2 but I really don't like spending 60m on him and he is not as versatile. There is also the chance we sign no-one, in which case: GK3 Bergstrom CB Sarr RWB Sterling CM Baka/RLC CF Broja

There's never anything in Chelsea links. The board is too low key to let too much out.