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Since Mount has 3-4 suitors we’re absolutely right to ask a sky high fee for him. Especially since it’ll likely be to a PL rival. If there was only one team that was interested we’d have no leverage and would have to take a much smaller fee. With his age and with him being English I definitely think we can get £60-70m for him even in the final year of his contract. United paying that for someone who doesn’t even walk into their first XI would be fantastic business for us. Liverpool would be more annoying becasue I think he’d actually be a big time starter for them most weeks.

As cool as it may be as fans who are always in “win now” mode to sign two super high quality midfielders this summer, I’m just not sure the club will think it’s wise after the business they’ve done over the past 12 months. We’ve signed 3 teenaged midfielders who are super highly rated in Casadei, Santos, and Carney who are obviously viewed as big players for the future. So going out and buying not just Ugarte but also someone like Caicedo or Lavia means the path for any of those 3 teenagers is completely blocked. Enzo, Ugarte, and Caicedo are all in their early 20’s and Lavia isn’t even 20 yet I don’t think. What would be the point of investing pretty big money in those kids we bought if we then closed their pathway to the first team? My money is on just 1 midfielder. Perhaps if we were in Europe and had a packed fixture list buying 2 would make sense.

Yes. But there hasn’t really been any indication that Gallagher and Kante will go at this moment. RLC, Mount, and Kova seem forgone conclusions.

Italian clubs seem to absolutely love PL flops and castoffs. And tbf they often take those flops and castoffs and make them look solid again because the general level is much lower in Serie A. We should be trying to flog all of our unwanted players there. Ziyech, Pulisic, Auba, Kounilbaly. All these players could totally reinvigorate their careers there.

True, but there aren’t exactly 4-5 clear choices to pick from out there like there are for the midfield. Especially in the position we’re currently in. All I’m saying is that it wouldn’t shock me if we had to use him because we simply couldn’t pull a big name #9.

If Osimhen proves too expensive or decides to go to a UCL club I can 100% see Lukaku being brought back into the fold. Everyone within the club from the manager, to the hierarchy, to Lukaku himself will probably spin it as a genuine “fresh start.” As crazy as it is to say because I never wanted to see him in a Chelsea shirt again, I’d rather be\ring him back and see what he does under a Poch than spend huge money on Vlahović who I’m not sold on. Hell, I still say we throw a £100m or more bid at Kane and see if Levy is crazy enough to turn that down with 1 year left before he goes for free.

He’s basically the ultimate luxury player. If you have a settled team already and drop Felix into it I think he’d be amazing consistently. Sadly, we don’t have that currently. Hopefully he doesn’t return to another PL side next season who are indeed settled and stable. Rumors of United being interested. That would be super annoying for me.

Disappointing for me personally as it would’ve been interesting to see how he’d perform in a functioning team with a top manager. I would’ve kept him but I understand why we won’t.

I mean, they’d get an excellent young player that could help their team for a season without spending a single Euro? That’s pretty valuable.

Much like Benfica, Sporting are another Portuguese club that are excellent at developing young players. We should be doing everything in our power to send them Andrey Santos on loan as part of any deal for Ugarte. Him developing at a big club and in a country where he speaks the language could be brilliant.

Apparently now Barca are interested in Ugarte. Busquets is gone now and Xavi has said numerous times publicly that they need a new, top quality replacement. We know what happens when Barca start talking to a South American or Spanish speaking player…. 🤦‍♂️ Feels like if we truly want him it’ll have to be very quick while Barca are still dealing with how they’re going to sign Messi.

Seems not until he officially starts on July 1, I guess. Kinda weird how there aren’t even any quotes from him in the announcement.

We really only need 3 incomings: striker, a #6, and a keeper. I don’t think that will be too difficult. We’re completely set at both fullback positions, we’re set at CB, and we’re set in attacking midfield. Depending on what happens with Kova and Kante we may need an additional midfielder along with the new #6. The truly monumental task will be trimming the squad of all the unwanted players.

I think Pulisic would still be very good in Serie A at one of the bigger clubs. I could see him at either Milan club or somewhere like Roma. Loads of players who are mediocre in the PL go to Italy and become stars.

Hopefully Boehly won’t be able to fuck it up. Stay out of everything other than okaying transfers. Let Poch cook and we can challenge for top 4 assuming we sign the players we need.

Leeds, Leicester, and Southampton. Three clubs I’ve always disliked playing against because they’ve almost always been tough. Would’ve preferred Leicester stay up and Everton go down. Anyways, thank FUCK our season is over. It can only possibly go up from here. Let’s hope the club is both ruthless with outgoings and swift with incomings.

I think we’ll try to get rid of KK if possible. With Badiashile and Colwill who are best in the left, there’s not really a need for KK anymore.

Don’t think Trev will be sold. With Fofana’s injury issues and Silva’s age he’ll be handy to have in the squad.

I think the fortunate thing for us is that a lot of our deadwood are either still young, are English, or are pretty big “names.” Or a combo of all those things. Pulisic is a huge name due to his nationality, is still young, and has the talent some other clubs would find exciting. We should easily be able to find a buyer for him. If the desire from our side is there the likes of Mount, Gallagher, RLC, Kova, etc will all be simple to move. We thankfully aren’t in a spot like Arse or United were recently where they had loads of shit players who had been dreadful for multiple seasons and nobody wanted. We’ve got a bunch of players who could still turn out to be very good if given a fresh start elsewhere.

Very interested to see which he tries to implement initially. I just figured he’d play with 3 CB’s but who knows. On one hand it will probably make our attack much more dangerous if we play in a 4-2-3-1 so that we can fit 3 super talented AM’s + a new striker. But then on the other hand the 3 at the back suits so many of our defensive personnel. Reece and Chilly are totally different players when not playing as wingbacks. Having a 39 year old Silva in a 2 is dangerous. And then we’d end up having like a hundred million worth of CB’s we’ve just recently bought on the bench not playing.

Yep. Nkunku is a proper technical footballer as well as an explosive athlete. Timo is a knock it and sprint player who needs lots of space to do his damage on the ball. Very curious how and where he’s going to be used here. With the money we paid for Mudryk and the contract we gave him we have to make him work out for us. I think he’ll be much better with a full preseason under a proper coach. So that’ll be our left wing sorted. We’re going to have a new #9 so Nkunku won’t play there. And for the RW I’m not sure he’s ever played on that side. So assuming Poch sticks with 3-4-3 there’s going to be one hell of a selection headache when trying to select between Mudryk, Nkunku, Sterling, Madueke, Havertz, and potentially Felix.

He’s definitely got a decent amount of talent. He can be someone who is the focal point of a team that’s traditionally mid or lower down the table. The issue is that he’s someone who needs to be playing every single match AND further up in the Mason Mount sort of position on the pitch to reach his best form. Things he’s never getting at Chelsea. Coming on for short sub appearances or getting the odd start as part of a midfield 2 have done nothing for him. If we could sell him to an Everton/Palace/name your usual midtable side I think he’ll revert straight back to his Palace form. So he’s a very solid player but not Chelsea quality. We should 100% be looking to move him but I doubt we’ll see it.

I just can’t see it happening. We’ll probably keep Gallagher and Carney as regular rotation players and I doubt Kante will leave if he’s injured again. Five players competing for 2 positions when we aren’t in Europe is probably enough. A total clearout where we move ALL of Kova, Kante, Gallagher, and RLC whilst bringing in 2 new midfielders would be the dream but sounds very unrealistic.

I know I said yesterday that Ugarte doesn’t really wow you when just watching highlights. But….when you watch the videos of him against individual big clubs he looks incredible. I’ve just watched him physically dominate the midfields of Juve, Arse, Spuds, and Benfica. And he’s much better technically than I initially gathered from his compilation videos. This kid could form a truly special partnership with Enzo. Hope we manage to beat our rivals to him. He’d be a major signing for any PL club.

Yes, strictly in terms of statistical profile Ugarte probably makes more sense. But as you say Caicedo looks like he has more to his game. He’s easier on the eye and a better all around footballer. He very much reminds me of prime Kante though obviously not as good yet. Not someone who is a pure DM but more of a roamer. If one of our rivals gets Caicedo he’s going to be a massive pain to go against for years.