Pizy

Judging by his latest Instagram post I think he's all good after the injury. Was just a precaution hopefully. His long range diagonal passing even in his first appearence with very little chemistry was ridiculous. Imagine what it'll look like when he's dialed in with Pulisic and Werner running on to the end of those. 😱

They're so fucked if he gets injured. Just like Spuds with Kane. If only Barca weren't in a complete mess they could've snatched him away.

Ziyech is going to be extremely important in so many ways. Hope he's good to go in two weeks time. Can't afford to be without him and CP for the first few matches.

Really? I rate him. He's one of those highly effective but really unspectacular players. Not flashy, doesn't wow you, but has great technique and can pop up with goals. If we weren't signing Havertz I think he'd be solid backup option.

So what, like a hamstring or something?

So what was the Ziyech injury exactly? I missed it.

Why even play Werner and Ziyech second half?

I agree that there's that creative force missing in our midfield 3. Kova and Kante are brilliant at winning back and maintaining possesion but are greatly lacking in creative passing. Havertz will help there immeasurably. That's what his job is.

Good half of football for the new lads. Now get them off so one of these Brighton players don't injure them!

I think we'd have to sell 2 of Barkley, Kante, or J5 in order to sign Rice. And we've heard nothing about any of those leaving, really.

So....I wonder how we're going to handle the keeper situation in preseason? What would be the point in continuing to play Kepa if he won't be here? And if he does start these early games surely he'll stay? Seeing as no keeper seems to be close to joining I wonder if Willy will just be used so he can start the season until one is bought.

That might be the best window anyone has ever had, nevermind just us!

Brilliant long term planning from Antonio. 😂 Probably figures he won't be there long so wants to win ASAP. Forget bringing in young kids. Much like Mourinho, he prefers old players.

If you guys haven't yet, watch the highlights of his last match in the CL final on YouTube. He's just effortlessly classy and extremely calm. Like he's just casually strolling around barely breaking a sweat. And that's against the scariest side in Europe who have blown everyone else away. That's precisely what we needed. Shit, depending on the CB partnership and the keeper situation it could mean Jorginho comes back in the fold as a hugely important player. Having a rock of a defender behind him so we aren't totally exposed to counter attacks could allow us to use J5.

Christ. Morata, Baka, and Zappa were poor but at least they played enough for us to find out they were poor. Drinkwater is the worst buy easily becasue he didn't even get a look in. Feels like he got about 2 Chelsea appearences. Literally money flushed down the drain.

Has he been pictured back with the Bayer squad yet? That cheeky Twitter admin of theirs has loved trolling our fans recently so you would think if he was there training with them that dude would be posting about it.

Just saw on Twitter that Martinez wants out at Arse because Arteta wants Leno as his #1. We should be all over that.

So I've been thinking about it a lot this morning and I'm starting to reconcile the idea that we won't bring in a new keeper this summer. I believe Havertz will be our final incoming. Similarly to the Declan Rice transfer, I think we will wait until next summer to bring someone in there. Can see the club giving Kepa one last chance, seeing if he improves with a much better team in front of him, and assess the options in either January or this time next summer. Just the fact that no super reliable roporter has linked us with anyone in particular tells me nothing is close. The Romano's and Di Marzio's of the world sniff these things out well in advance. That combined with there being no real clear destination for Kepa to go.

💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 The clown defensive errors are hopefully a thing of the past now...

I'm going to be old and grey before Havertz is a Chelsea player. 👴🏻 Also, people have to take it easy on the Ampadu talk. I don't think he's anywhere close to ready for the first team of a side trying to challenge for trophies. We need to get him a good PL loan to see if he can cut it here first.

I think Romano is as reliable as they get these days, actually. It's people like Fjortoft who don't have a clue. They just repeat what actual reporters tell him.

With both Chilwell and now Silva we've heard multiple days in advance about them having their medicals. Since we haven't yet with Havertz I think we're going to have to wait until next week for his signature.

Next up: The Big One Then we can focus all of our attention on a keeper.

It's not just Romano, though. Far too many reliable sources saying it's happening and close for anyone to say it's not on. The waiting is what's torture.

The last 2 times now when I've finally convinced myself that Havertz was 100% done and happening within 24 hours, a Leverkusen staff member comes out with quotes to pour cold water on things.