Pizy

Spuds about to announce their 5th signing today. They finished just 3 points behind us…

De Ligt to Bayern Koundé apparently close to Barca Skriniar in discussions with PSG Juve want Koulibaly to replace De Ligt when he goes That’ll be every top class CB we’ve been linked with gone. Then what? Wtf are we doing?

I just thought Christensen’s negatives outweighed the positives. When he was fully fit and in top form he was a very solid and adequate CB. But the seemingly constant niggling injuries, the unexplained bouts of being out of the team, him getting bullied on the pitch even by players that he’s bigger than, and seeing him always grimacing in pain after innocuous looking challenges got super old. If we had extended his contract I would’ve thought “meh, fine, I guess.” But now that he has left I’m also like “meh, fine, I guess.” I won’t really have a second thought about him once the season starts.

I actually don’t think there’s much at allbetween Aké and Christensen. It’s replacing Rüdiger with someone at his level or in De Light’s case, someone who can reach that level that I’m worried about. Aké as our #1, primary signing would be disastrous. Aké + De Ligt/Skriniar/Koulibaly/Koundé is easy for me to stomach. I just never want to see fucking Malang Sarr playing for us again.

Imagine if literally everything is being held up by Boehly attempting to push through CR7…

Another day with no signings, then. 🙄

I believe Maxwel Cornet played primarily as a wingback in France before becoming a winger for Burnley. So that link makes sense if we want a inexpensive backup for Chilly if Alonso leaves. He’s super quick, skillful, and athletic so I’d feel a bit better about him rotating with Chilly than I do when Alonso has to come in.

Pedulla is a clueless Twitter attention whore. DiMarzio is hit or miss but much more plugged in than Pedulla.

I mean, it may matter if he only wants Bayern and doesn’t fancy coming to Chelsea. They can’t force him to go somewhere he doesn’t want to go.

German/Bayern sources say he wants Bayern or that Bayern are ahead in the race. Italian sources say he wants Chelsea/PL and that we’re ahead. Juve will want sell to the highest bidder. Wonder what happens if we have another Raphinha situation where we are the highest bidder but the player prefers another club?

After United announce that fullback and possibly Eriksen today, will we be the only club in the PL who haven’t signed anyone yet?

Call me crazy but I actually kinda like it… 😅

Perhaps Boehly’s very first task as new owner should’ve been to hire the very best sporting director money could buy. Because as things look from our POV we can’t seem to close a single deal with him handling everything.

Sounds much like Raphinha. We can and likely have offered more but the players themselves may not necessarily fancy a move here.

So… Raphinha ❌ Dembele ❌ De Ligt ❌ Richarlison ❌ (thank god) Gabriel Jesus ❌ Big target after big target we’ve been credibly linked with is being taken off the table. What’s next, Sterling signing a new contract at City?

If we end up with Kimpembe and Aké it’ll be a piss take. One of the two CB’s we sign MUST be a top class one. Skriniar, Koulibaly, or De Ligt.

Like Sterling, de Ligt seems like one Tuchel really wants. Losing out on him would be hugely damaging. A young CB that grows with the team for years and years. Now we’d have to turn to much more short term solutions.

Another transfer bombshell about to be dropped on our plans by the looks of it. Apparently De Ligt wants Bayern and Bayern have already spoken with him. This could turn out to be our worst every transfer window. Missing out on top targets left and right.

He would be able to take it pretty easy in the Bundesliga and save his energy for the the CL there. Bayern, from Ronaldo’s perspective, would be the ideal move. I’m just skeptical that a club like Bayern who normally like signing younger talents would do it themselves.

Can you see CR7 running and pressing against Liverpool for example like Havertz did well? Or any other world class opponent?

Ronaldo against teams in the bottom half or ones that can’t defend would feast in our team. Ronaldo against everyone else would probably be an active burden who the rest of the players around him would have to carry. Would Tuchel go for that? Is that gamble he’d take? I don’t think so.

Why couldn’t we have the right players who were also in early? Like all of our rivals do? The club deserve a bit of leeway due to the extraordinary ownership/board situation, but even then everyone expected at least 1 or 2 in by now.

Fair. But neither of those players will go straight into our first XI which is what we desperately need. Gallagher and Broja (maybe, if he isn’t sold) will be highly valuable squad players but they don’t elevate our best XI.

No, but it is the end of summer holidays for players and they’re now back in training. So while City will have Haaland, Alvarez, Phillips etc, Arsenal will have Jesus, Viera, etc, Spuds will have Perisic, Bissouma, Richarlison, etc in training bedding in with their new clubs and working with their new teammates and managers, Thomas Tuchel will be waiting around for who knows how much longer with no new faces. Every club will be much further along in their preparation than we will if we don’t hurry up.

It’s madness. We were THE club that was getting the most hype about how active we’d be this window and how much we were going to spend. And we’re now the ONLY Big 6 club that hasn’t signed anyone. Insane.