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Good shout for Atleti, I forgot about them. Think Rom would do well there actually.

Unless an Italian club comes in with a loan offer, where could Rom even possibly go otherwise? Don’t know where some of you expect him to be moved to. The only destination that really makes sense would be Milan since Zlatan and Giroud are ancient. But would he go there with his Inter history and professing his undying love for that club? Our best chance of any kind of dramatic move went out the window with Spuds securing 4th today. I could’ve seen a Kane for Rom swap since Conte loves him and Kane would’ve been itching to leave without CL footy. Think we have to accept that Lukaku will be a Chelsea player next season. Just have to hope that we build a strong enough team that our whole season doesn’t depend on him scoring 20+ like it did this one.

James, Chilly, and Silva benefit massively. Allows the former two to spend most of their time attacking (which had us top of the league at one point) and Silva gets to have the protection of two CB’s beside him with legs so he can be the boss in the middle. Probably also helps Mendy a lot to have 3 CB’s and 2 midfielders in front of him as options and security. If we want to switch to a back 4 it surely means Silva has to drop to the bench. Unless we sign a monster like Koulibaly to play beside him.

If our #9 spot was totally vacant like it was last summer I think we’d have a legit chance at Lewa. We’d probably offer Bayern €50m and he’d come here. But it seems he has a genuine desire to go to Barca and with Lukaku being virtually unmovable any time soon we aren’t in any position to move for Lewandowski. If we sign any strikers this summer I think it’s going to have to be more of a hybrid type like Nkunku. No more traditional #9’s.

I’m fine sticking with the 3-4-3 again next season if we actually sign a couple of killers to replace Werner/Pulisic/CHO/Lukaku and have suitable backups/alternatives to Reece and Chilly if they get injured again. A club like Chelsea shouldn’t fall off a cliff in quality with injuries to one area of the team like we did when our wingbacks went out. It’ll be suicidal to enter next season without a massive refresh in the attacking positions. The club cannot possibly be thinking this summer that if we simply replace Rüdiger with Koundé, have Reece & Chilly fit, and recall Gallagher and Broja that we’re competing next season. We need a radical rebuild in the same way United will have this summer. They’ll likely have 6-8 players going and 6-8 coming in. And that’s exactly what we need. Rudiger, AC, Azpi, Alonso, Ziyech, Sarr, Kenedy, Barkley, Werner all need to go. Some like CHO and Lukaku should go but will likely be impossible to move due to their wages. And then one of J5 or Kante should go as well. Likely Jorginho after Tuchel’s comments about Kante the other day. If we want to challenge the top 2 and make it late into the CL we’ll need 2 new CB’s, 2 new wingbacks, a DM, and 2 attackers of some sort that reliably score goals.

Pretty much every quote form Tuchel about this summer makes him seem genuinely scared and worried. Hopefully Boehly makes funds available as soon as possible after everything is sorted so we can get a couple of signings in early to ease Tuchel’s concern. I pray that the football people at the club (be it Marina, Cech, the scouts etc) are ready to hit the ground running immediately.

Mentioned this a week or so ago, but if we aren’t spot on this summer with our business I think Spuds will go into next season clearly favored to finish above us. Conte will build an extremely formidable squad if given the funds and with Kane and Son they always have ridiculous goal return unlike us.

Yep. If Real Madrid do the entire football world a favor now Liverpool’s “historic, legendary” season may end up barely better than ours.

Thank goodness that season is over. What started off as such a promising season ends with us limping meekly over the finish line. Hard to pick out too many positives. Mount continuing to become more decisive in the final third is one. Reece and Chilly ending the season fit is another couple. Thiago Silva still not losing a step at age 38. Just about everyone else was a huge disappointment. We’ll really be entering this summer massively on the back foot because so many incomings and outgoing will need to happen.

And in typical Chelsea fashion. Sarr ball watching like a clown again.

Liverpool about to win the treble, ffs. Then the quad.

Great, one donkey off for another. 😬

We look dogshit here. I know the game is meaningless and the burning intensity isn’t there, but our quality is shockingly poor.

City in the brink of the worst PL title choke and worst CL bottle job ever in the same season.

Went 1-0 up and stopped playing.

What sucks even more for them is that there’s no Plan B superstars out there as a consolidation prize for Madrid. They’ve been planning for Mbappe for years now. Probably Haaland, too. Now unless Salah decides to leave Liverpool or some young talents decide they want to go there they’re fucked pretty soon since all their important players are old as hell.

Feels like nearly every player we’ve been linked with is going to have their future sewn up before we even have a chance to speak with them. And never mind being in the back foot in terms incomings, us not having an owner in place yet will cause a delay in getting rid of our own players as well.

How often did Di Maria start? I haven’t watched a single minute of PSG outside of the CL.

Hope Dembele to PSG is bogus but I have a feeling it’s not. He’ll just be riding their bench more often than not but the draw of playing in Paris as a Frenchman is likely too strong. He’d be great as our marquee attacking signing on a free. 😔

That’s a dreadful decision from Mbappe. Totally wasted playing in a league nobody cares about for a club that choke season after season in Europe. Could have become the face of the biggest club in the world who are entering into a new era. PSG’s Qatari owners must be paying him hundreds of millions under the table.

The club probably figured it was a mere formality that he’d eventually renew his contract. Like most Chelsea supporters, they must’ve been thinking that since he was such a leader and captain-like on the pitch and that he clearly loved the club it would be easy to convince him in the end. Much like Christensen actually when everyone and their mother was saying everything was agreed with him and he was in the verge of signing.

He is short for a CB but he’s super powerful. He’s built a lot like Reece James. I wouldn’t be worried about his corner defending ability. Would be nice for our other CB buy to have some height, however. Though if we buy Gvardiol he’s not tall, either.

Genuinely wouldn’t be bothered if we did cut our losses. Truly the only attacking mids I’d keep no questions asked are Mount and Kai. CP, Ziyech. CHO, Werner are all poor. All could go and I’d be happy.

Kind of incredible to think we finished 3rd and are in need of a HUGE overhaul. Usually you finish 3rd and use it as a building block or something to look forward to. We need to change like 60% of our team in one summer. You’d say to yourself “we’re 2-3 sighing’s away from competing.” But no. We’re nowhere near taking a step up. We have dire needs all over the pitch. Multiple CB’s, multiple goal scoring attackers, multiple fullbacks for depth, and a top class midfielder. Meanwhile, whilst we’re simply trying to catch up to the level the top 2 are at currently, they’ll only be getting better. Sucks to say it before we’ve even seen what sort of business we’ll do, but I think next season may be yet another “transition” season where we’ll be battling for 3rd or 4th MILES behind City and Liverpool.

Ziyech is the winger version of Alonso. Can’t beat a man in space to save his life.