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Ok, then yeah. We ain’t going near him. Yes, I’ve said before that I think Penders is the long term hope. If he impresses at Strasbourg this coming season I think he walks right in as our #1 next summer.

Wonder what sky high is in this case, though. If he’s asking for £250k a week or something like that then obviously no chance we’d move for him.

Oh wow, Donnarumma may legitimately be leaving PSG. I know he’s considered bang average with his feet but should we not be considering him if his wage demands aren’t sky high? Especially with the Maresca/Italian connection. Problem would of course be trying to shift Sanchez out. Would also surely mean the Penders doesn’t get a look in after his loan.

Felix has to have one of the most puzzling career arcs ever. So supremely talented but just never out it together and bounced from club to club to club. Kind of crazy that he has been given opportunity after opportunity at massive clubs and couldn’t cement himself at any of them. I see a portion of our fanbase on Twitter and elsewhere suggesting that it would be a mistake to sign Xavi Simons bevause he’d just be the next Felix. But unlike Felix, Xavi has the work rate and mentality in addition to the silky smooth technical ability. That’s why I think he’s perfect in our team.

This was definitely the case in eras past. But in this current era of the PL where almost every club can demand £100m+ for their prized assets it’ll be much more difficult to use someone like Everton as a stepping stone. You’re probably right that in terms of game time it would be a decent move for him. But his agent better secure a release clause if he’s going to be as amazing as some people says he could be in the future.

From being linked to Chelsea, Liverpool, and Bayern to David Moyes’s Everton. Yikes! Surely he can do better than that?

With as crazy as we operate in the window you can’t really rule it out 😂 If Simons is signed we’ll have a completely loaded set of attacking midfielders. Quenda coming in next summer and if Paez crushes it on loan at Strasbourg who knows what we do with him. But would I be shocked if our crazy club went for another winger? Nope.

Yildiz will be next summer’s big saga I think. All the big boys who feel they need a top winger will be after him. Can see City going big for him if Doku has another average season.

Hopefully finalized this weekend! Double announcement, please, Chels!

It’s funny, up until the beginning of this week when we were first after him Xavi wasn’t even on my radar as a potential Chelsea player. He was never really a name linked with us from what I recall. But now that I’ve been watching loads of footage and highlights of him this week I think he would be the most exciting signing we make this summer. I’d be super let down if we don’t get him now. Hopefully some positive updates today from the big reporters.

Still nothing, huh? 🫤 If we’ve been in direct club to club talks for 3 days now and if the player is as keen to come here as some have suggested then I wonder what the holdup is?

Yeah, kinda concerned. I wonder if these journalists jumped the gun a bit making it sound as though a deal was close. We may have just contacted Leipzig to get an idea of how much they wanted for him and that’s all. If we don’t get some significant movement like a bid going in or a “he ONLY wants Chelsea” from Fabrizio or Ornstein then I’m assuming the deal isn’t as sure as it seemed earlier in the week.

Feels like he disappeared into a black hole the minute we signed him. I forgot he existed. Haven’t heard anything all summer about him going anywhere either.

Kid is surely bought in to loan and flip for 2-3x whatever we signed him for. Will never see him near a Chelsea XI.

Yea, excellent player.

Sesko chatter heating up now. We better push to get Simons done before Leipzig decide they don’t want to sell their 2 best players.

Isak going to Liverpool doesn’t even bother me at this point tbh. I kind of view it like when City were completely dominating in recent years and still adding top quality players. They were already a 10/10 attacking team so what does adding another star actually do?

I still do t see how Liverpool getting Isak makes any sense after they’ve signed Ekitike for £80m. Isak starts every PL and UCL match if he’s fit. So they’re going to have an £80m striker who just arrived sitting on the bench most games? It’s nonsensical.

Feels like a copy and paste of the same thing we heard this time yesterday. Seems the player side is essentially set but we are still haggling with Leipzig about the fee.

Been a while since the latest Simons update. Surely if we’ve been pushing as hard as the reports say and if he’s keen to join then we should be hearing today that personal terms have been sorted and a bid has gone in? If we hear nothing substantive today I’m going to assume that another club or two have joined the race and are trying to hijack.

For like the 50th day in a row, Fabrizio has again this evening said to keep an eye on Chelsea/Garnacho. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ This better not all be setting up for “hey, we tried to get Xavi Simons but couldn’t agree a few so we’ll get Garnacho instead.”

€40m for a talent like Hato is insane. If he played for another PL club anyone going for him would be quoted £80m.

Atleti are suddenly about to sign this David Hancko guy who plays as a hybrid CB/LB just like Veiga. So I guess that move is off the table for us. Wonder what’s next for him then. We obviously wouldn’t be attempting to sign Hato if Veiga had any way back in to our team. So he’s got to have some move lined up.

Rodrygo or Simons would probably have the most immediate impact but Rogers long term may have the most potential simply due to his physical tools. Yildiz I really like but need to see him for another season feels slightly too soon for a massive money move.

Just have to hope that us getting in there and pushing hard before anyone else means that the player appreciates the effort and tells the other suitors his mind is made up.