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Yeah, specially since we played so well yesterday, in Eden's absence... Honestly, mate, do you see Pedro or Willian as starters for Bayern, Real, Barca or Juve? Cause I think those are the clubs that we want to compete with, not Liverpool or Spurs. Regarding Musonda, sure, he's a very promissing young player and I hope he gets plenty of game time this season, but again, you cannot count on players like him to take you to the next level. Not now. We need some strong wingers added to the team. I would take Bale in a heartbeat, even for 100m.

This is so unimportant and useless to talk about. Who cares if he was laughing? Are there still people who think that players go home and cry themselves to sleep after a loss?

He will only be a squad player, so it's not that bad of a deal. Sign him up and let's move on to more important targets.

That is my problem. Why is paying 60m for Van Dijk (a central defender, where you actually have plenty of options) a priority when your creativity is absolutely ruined if Hazard's not available?

I agree, but my point is that we are making efforts to bring reinforcements when it comes to WB and midflienders, but there's nothing being done about Hazard's alternative or the attacking wingers. Yes, we do have Willian and Pedro, but these guys (with all due respect) would be bench warmers at Europe's top clubs. Musonda's not really an option when you are aiming for UCL and EPL glory. He's one for the future, but can't count on Charly Musonda to take you to the UCL semi-finals.

Do we? Look at how this team looks when Hazard is not playing or when he's not in the best shape. The attacking wingers are mediocre and there is no alternative for Hazard.

It frustrates me that we are always looking to improve our defense and midfield, but do not give a crap about the talent up front. We keep relying on Hazard and on players who already reached their pottential (Willian, Pedro).

FERNAAAANDO TORRES, CHELSEA'S NUMBER NINE! Oh, wait! I'm just kidding, it was just a bad game. He only had a few trainings with the team. Cut the guy some slack.

That is clearly an exageration, but I can't blame those who are not optimistic at this point. Yesterday we were very bad, Morata looked like Torres. It's early and there's no need for overreactions, but we lost another trophy against fecking Wenger, so there's no need to complain about people complaining. I am scared because we seem to be relying on Hazard a lot. This team lacks creativity without Eden. We need some talent, Willian and Pedro do not cut it anymore, in my opinion.

I 100% agree with you regarding Drinkwater, but the first part of this sentence is unrealistic because it was not only up to the club to decide. Nemanja wanted to go and, honestly, he's had some bad times, but 4th choice as CM? Impossible.

The Morata - Lukaku comparisson will be hard to bear throughout this season. Imagine if Rom scores in his first official game and Morata loses some chances or just doesn't show up at all. There will be a lot of pressure on his shoulders.

Again, I 100% trust Conte, but I have to admit that Morata's movement kind of reminds me of Torres. You know, the Chelsea Torres. He's going to have to deal with a lot of pressure and he needs to score quickly. A few games in a row without finding the back of the net would make it very very hard for him.

Well, it's not like we can sign Lukaku anymore. Can't really say that I'm happy with Morata, but I will trust Conte no matter what.

2 years works for me. The improved contract comes to show the commitment of both parts involved and the length is irrelevant. They can always make a new one next summer. Why bother giving him 4 years or 5 years contract when no manager in recent history spent so much time on Chelsea's or almost any other club's bench? It's a realistic length for today's football.

Don't lower anything for Juventus. They fucked us over too many times.

Well, at least Sky claims that we're interested.

Is there even any quarter-decent source reporting this??

I think people have the tendency to underestimate him because Borussia had a bad season. The player himself, though, had maybe his best season so far. He is one of the best ones out there and if Conte wants him, then I want him too. Antonio was spot on with all of his signings (even with Michy), so why doubt him?

Maybe Luiz asked him to troll United?

Is this working again? //Yes, it is! Hooray! Just wanted to mention that thanks to Baka's never-ending medicals, I have unfollowed a lot of fake news spreading Twitter accounts. Welcome, Timmy!

I do not understand why people underrate his Juventus' performance so much. If he really was that poor, then why did Real activate the buy back clause? Just for business purposes? Then why didn't they sell him last summer?

I'd be happy with Rudiger, Sandro, Bakayoko, Morata. Realistically, these are decent targets who will improve our squad. And they are all Contesque players. But I wouldn't mind grabbing a huge name such as Sanchez or Aubameyang either. I do not think Belotti will sign for us. He's the type of player that we just cannot get because they will not sell to us.Since Hazard, we weren't able to sign a player like that and Hazard happened after Munich '12.

Do you guys think that he will pass his medical this year?

"The biggest club in the world". So Real Madrid hijacked the move after all?