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The business that ultimately funds the signings? Gourlay does a decent job on the commercial side, and without that, I doubt Roman would keep opening his wallet up. However, I do think the commercial and the football side of a football club shouldn't be run by the same person.

Sadly there will always be fans who think that we can just handpick the players we want, have ten minutes negotiating and he'll be ours. They don't understand that Santos, Tottenham, PSG etc are trying to do the same as us and win football matches. To do this, they ALSO want the best squad they can put together. We have a terrific owner, who's given this club more than 10 years ago we could ever have imagined. What we don't and never will have is a warrant to go to any club we want and take their best players. As a sidenote, in terms of AVB's policy - he's getting the players HE wants. Courtois and Romeu are done, and who knows, could become world beaters. Signing current world class internationals isn't so simple.

I read one line. What a fucking stupid topic. Sorry, but. Christ. Them, not you Alex.

Gazzetta are reporting that "matter of hours" quote earlier from Zamparini. They also say that PSG are signing the Palermo goalkeeper Sirigu, and close to signing Momo Sissoko from Juve. They also say PSG are in for Ganso from Santos for €40m as an alternative to Pastore. They also say Chelsea have 'slight' advantage for JP. http://www.gazzetta.it/Calciomercato/27-07-2011/milan-caccia-mister-x-802203016916.shtml

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The price would be £15-18m if we were to bid, imo.

Sigh.

Fernando, tut.

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http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/10544-genk-confirm-thibaut-courtois-joins/page__view__getnewpost__fromsearch__1 Done. Topic locked.

SSN now.

BEN HAIM!

Wonder how relevant it is. Whether they are just giving him a game because he feels he can get through one last one, or whether it really is a comeback. Would be great to hear from the club about him.

That LAG third kit is one of my favourites so far this year. Very classy.

Glad someone agrees with me. The £17m price quoted for Gary Cahill is absolutely ridiculous, however good he's been for Bolton. For any side challenging for that 4th place, Scott Dann at £7-10m would be a very good signing. Its no surprise that Birmingham struggled so badly when he got injured. However, with the four we've got currently, then definitely not an option for Chelsea.

Also the exact same shirt that Umbro have given to Nottingham Forest for the new season I think. Nice. Templates for all England shirts should be exclusive to England. Fact.

Is the actual shirt design identical to the World Cup home shirt? Only, blue?

If he's ever going to make it, this is exactly what he needs. If he's going to make it into a top-class centre half, he'll shine in Germany. If he doesn't, he'll stay and have a decent career.

Maybe it really is the language barrier difference, but AVB seems to be going about things far more constructively and with more logic than Carlo did. Everything with Carlo always seemed abit thrown together. For me, AVB speaks in the same way as the likes of Jose, Ferguson, Guardiola do - with a real passion, commitment and desire that the rest of the club can get on board with. With Carlo, it came across as 'just a job'. A point I made on here quite a few times.

Thankyou buddy. +1

So lets be honest, he's not going there.

Who the hell are Anzhi?!

Ive been out all day, and just seen on SSN about five clubs having met Neymars release fee. Can't be bothered flicking through all this topic, cos im guessing theres been alot today. Do we know the five? I'm assuming we are one, right?

Thanks to whoever is responsible for that video of the full interview. So refreshing to see him talk, especially after Ancelotti's broken English.