Pizy

We probably shouldn’t get too excited about Koundé yet. Starting to see some more reporting about another Funny Money injection going into Barca tomorrow. So unless Sevilla refuses to sell to another Spanish team this is far from over. Getting heavy Raphinha vibes where we big a huge sum, agree with the selling club, and then the player waits around and chooses Barca.

Pedri is the one you want from Barca if the ship goes down, not Gavi or Fati.

Tell those Barca bastards to fuck off, Jules.

I hope like hell that we draw Barca in the CL at some point. If they aren’t dumped down into the EL by then.

In terms of CB’s I think so. But surely we have to dip into the market for an inexpensive fullback? Especially if Azpi and Alonso leave.

Unless they pull another magic lever out of their asses.

Now we wait for Barca’s response. See if they match it. Then it’s up to Koundé himself.

Gvardiol is a pure left sided CB so I don’t see why he’d be an alternative to Koundé. To Kimpembe, yes.

Has Umtiti played in the last 3 years? Feels like he dropped off the face of the earth.

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Let us hope.

Oh, ffs. Normally “advanced negotiations and fee agreed” are exciting words that get your pants down and the lotion ready. But with these Catalan bastards sniffing around every target we go after it means nothing. Now we look like idiots once again if he chooses Barca and Chelsea becomes a laughing stock for having them beat us to 3-4 signings in the span of a week. Our best hope I guess is that Sevilla may prefer not to sell him to a domestic “rival.”

We would have to get rid of like 3-4 midfielders for De Jong to make sense. Sounds like the usual shite Catalan sources putting 2+2 together and making 5. Us spending £70m on a player in our most loaded area of the squad would be pretty silly. Now, if we could get shot of RLC, Barkley, and one other it would be a stellar signing.

True, but I’d rather them crash and burn without continually stealing our primary targets! 🤣

Thinking more about it, why are Barca (who have already spent a shit load despite their financial issues) going so hard after Koundé when they’ve got Araujo, Christensen, and Pique? They don’t play with a back 3, right? I know Pique is old but it seems stupid for them to go out and spend huge money on a position that’s not a priority. Then again, it’s Barca. They never do what’s sensible.

So, Bayern gonna win the league by 20 points next season? How enjoyable.

Probably panic and go back in for Aké for an even more stupid amount than the £45m we already offered before walking away. I honestly feel like we can’t afford to miss out on Koundé now. He’s the best available for that RCB position. If it takes €65m so be it. We need to beat Barca to this signing.

Wouldn’t be too bothered if Alonso stayed as a backup but Ziyech for me is just a poor fit in the PL. He’s too lightweight.

The Ziyech rumors seem to have completely died. Haven’t heard anything about it in weeks. Same with Alonso. Been seeing stuff about Azpi still but not the others.

If we can land Koundé this will be a blessing in disguise. Koulibaly is best on the left side. Let Colwill be the backup for KK on the left. Back 3 of Koundé, Silva, and Koulibaly is comfortably the best CB core in the league.

Think the only feasible way Timo could go is on loan. And even then we’d probably have to pay some of his wages. But with Lukaku and Broja going we’ll need someone other than Kai who is somewhat comfortable playing up top.

I’m at least slightly more relaxed about the CB situation since we’ve already got KK in. If we were still fumbling around like idiots chasing our first CB signing I’d be extremely worried right now.

Barca apparently have another magical money level to pull soon and are telling Koundé to wait just like they did with Raphinha. Hopefully we don’t burned waiting around for him to decide. Speak to the player and get his word that he wants to come Chelsea or walk away now.

I think he is worth it. He’s top class, only 23, and perfect for our system.

One way or another, after this Koundé saga is over we should never try to negotiate with them again. Whether he comes here or goes to Barca. They’ve been playing games and yanking our chain around for a literal year now.

We could see the 4th player that we’ve been linked with join Barca if we aren’t quick on Koundé. That would be kind of humiliating.