Slam Dunk

So you want us to sell 6 players, and relegate 2 players to the bench, despite the fact we had the smallest squad in the league last season? It's not realistic.

^ From TribalFootball...

LulzSec's attacks on The Sun's & News International's websites last night was great.

Well i'm sure there are rulings on related parties providing income to clubs. Also, if the figures have been inflated in order to benefit City then that is a breach of the rules. However, that's for UEFA to decide.

Big TV/sponsorship deal in Brazil, I believe. I read that most of the money they were to receive from this deal would fund a bid for Tevez.

Just to add: Comparisons to Liverpool are redundant anyway. Many of the players we are 'linked' with and are apparently interested in are in demand by various clubs across Europe, between many of the most powerful clubs on the continent. Transfers like this are always going to take longer due to the complexities of the player/agent's situation, where as players like Charlie Adam (domestic) transfers could be completed much more quickly.

There is a quote on my screen. Maybe 'approval' was the wrong choice of word on my half. I meant that if a signing isn't an AVB signing, it is a club signing (for example Torres), and wouldn't necessarily be a player AVB wanted/asked for, which could essentially lead to more problems. We have to compromise, we can't expect the manager to sign targets so quickly. We're always involved in a long, drawn-out saga. I'm sure AVB has identified the type of players he needs and that the club could have even made distant enquiries about players, that doesn't necessarily mean a bid has been placed, but if a club knows Chelsea are interested, chances are they would want to wait until we confirm interest as it would only drive the value of their player upwards. He has already said there will be no radical changes, and that he wants to get the best out of the players we currently have. People expecting a radical overhaul will be disappointed.

Haha. I wasn't talking about you specifically. Calm down. But since you asked; How do you propose we give AVB time to assess his squad and make new signings without it taking more than 2 weeks of preseason training? You do realise that the club probably had targets before the transfer window opened, and that AVB was probably not the original choice for manager, therefore the targets changed.

Yet Liverpool have had a manager that had already worked with the squad before the transfer window opened. AVB needs to judge the squad and identify who he wants to keep/where he needs to strengthen. Most of our fans were complaining last year for us not giving enough control to the manager in the transfer market, and now that we have, you want the club to make signings without AVB's approval?

Same here. Wishful thinking in my opinion.

"RT @BelgoFoot: Thibaut Courtois tells HNB that he will probably go on loan to Athletico, and it could be for 2 or 3 seasons. #cfc" http://translate.google.co.in/translate?hl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx%3Farticleid%3DG93CT1VM%26sectionid%3D653ce610-8299-4111-a0a0-44bf8109e6ca

Think Carlos was a big part of their bids.

^ Purchased by Russian billionaire Suleyman Kerimov in Jan 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleyman_Kerimov

This is it guys, the big one. The Coca-Cola Super Cup.

United's kit is shocking.

Similar output? I don't see Sturridge playing centrally in a 4-3-3 though. Lukaku would.

5 Year deal! http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2393457,00.html

Nope, he'll be in Asia with Chelsea this summer. No idea why he's not playing for England though.

McEachran will be going to Asia. Kakuta will be playing in the U20s.

Quite obviously he is Hilario's replacement for next summer...

Billy Clifford part of the squad to travel to Asia, instead of playing in the U20WC. Edit: Chalobah also travelling.

"Coming home"...Bit premature mate.

Munich have signed Boateng, surely this means Alex is staying?

Well Newcastle say there has been no enquiry from us.