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It's funny and kinda strange that entering the summer the number 1 position that needed to be addressed most urgently was goalkeeper. But it appears as though that's going to be the very last position we will sign. 😂 And what's stranger is that there haven't been any concrete links to any keepers. Just loose links to Onana who if we seriously wanted could surely have been a Chelsea player a long time ago. Maybe the club are finding it impossible to find a new home for Kepa even on loan and that's what is preventing us signing a new keeper?

It's all about intelligences and positioning. He's still world class in those two attributes. He'll get into trouble here and there if he's isolated by a pacey forward player but more often than not he won't allow himself to get into those situations. I'm extremely curious who his CB partner will be.

In the very biggest European matches PSG are just chokers. Just like Man City.

Oh yay, here we go with the PSG players diving and flopping all over the place with the slightest contact. That's why I can't stand Neymar.

Havertz/Chilwell/Silva triple announcement end of this week. 👍🏼

Expectations are so low from much of our fanbase that I think he's going to really surprise people.

Whatever happened to the two most popular "ITK's" of yesteryear, Tancredi Palmeri and garbosj? They still out there lying to people as if they know anything? 😆

Wonder what the latest new bid was...

Give him 10 games as a starter before we judge him at least. That'll be a good sample size. If our attack is as substantially improved as it should be with all these signings Chilwell may not even be called into action defensively very often. If he's playing in the opponents half most of the time this will be a fantastic signing. And seeing as we have the majority of the ball in all but maybe a handful of matches a season, I think it'll go well. And unlike Alonso, Chilwell has good recovery speed and can actually run past a defender when he's got the ball. Those two things alone should be a colossal upgrade. Alonso can be kept around for the times when Frank switches to a back 3.

Should be interesting tonight scouting Silva. He plays a blinder and our supporters will go bananas and cry out for him. Hell, he plays well against this Bayern attack and PSG may decide to offer him a new deal. But if he gets skinned alive by the best attack in the world everyone will be screaming for us to avoid at all costs. I hope he plays well and PSG still lose. That way our fears of him being totally past it and too old are soothed and he decides to seek a new challenge with us.

I think him being English and well used to the rigors and grind of the PL play a big part. We really have to get our defensive signings right this summer. Perhaps Frank and the club view Chilwell as less of a risk since he has played in this league for years? Who knows. Maybe they just think Chilwell has the higher ceiling. I'm going to reserve judgement until I see him play for us a few times. The price isn't nearly as crazy or ridiculous as it looked like it would be. If it's £50m that's the same thing City paid for each of Walker and Mendy. Cancelo was even more. AWB cost £50m to United and he's nearly useless going forward. I think it's a fair enough price for Chilwell when you consider his contract length, age, nationality, and the fact that Leicester are a rival for top 4.

Yeah, the battle for those central midfield spots is going to be very interesting. Since it look so like Jorginho is staying we have he, Kante, Kova, Billy, Mason, Barkley, and RLC all vying for those two spots next to/behind Havertz (fingers crossed). I mean, surely we have to be looking for buyers for one or two of those?

It's getting ridiculous now. In fact, it's beyond ridiculous. We've reportedly been at the same stage of negotiating for weeks. Nearly 2 weeks since their season ended.

Mate, he was the best LB in the PL until the whole Leicester team collapsed. Great carry the ball and much, much more mobile than Alonso. While he's not world class going forward (yet) but he's more than adequate and can only get better. Theres a reason most of the biggest clubs in the league (ourselves and both Manc clubs) have been linked with buying him for a huge fee. The talent is there. We just have to trust Frank to bring the best out of him. Plus, £50m isn't a massive fee in 2020. City have paid that for like 3-4 different fullbacks. At least it's not £80m as was speculated because if he didn't work out with that sort of fee we'd be fucked.

Remember, even the very best fullbacks in world football look shaky at times against great attackers. That's just a fact of modern football. Robertson, TAA, Kyle Walker. All can be got at defensively. Look at that CL semi between Bayern and Barca. Some of the world's best fullbacks on display and both teams were wide fucking open in the wide defensive areas. So any opposition fans saying Chilwell is a joke defensively can pipe down. He's average defensively just like every class fullback.

Well shit. Frank and the club must reaaaally fancy him if we're buying him despite being injured for another month and cheaper alternatives available.

So basically if they win tomorrow and offer him a new deal during the euphoria and celebrations he'll stay.

Wonder who Frank would use as Silva's main partner if he is to sign. It'll hopefully be a partnership that is consistent unlike last season.

As I said a couple of days ago, we got another Havertz news dump and now it's gone silent again. 😩😩😩

Almost as if he's been told via his agent that Chelsea weren't coming in for him so he went ahead and extended his contract.

From most of what I've seen Silva plays as the right sided CB so thankfully we wouldn't have to see that.

Really don't think we can afford to take another big gamble at GK after Kepa. Mendy would be another big risk. We need as close to a sure thing as we can get.

Just watched a Thiago Silva 2020 YouTube video. It's actually kind of funny how good he is. Very Van Dijk-like in that he basically plays the game at jogging pace because his positioning and intelligence is so great. Rarely gets into poor situations where he has to panic and sprint around. Just looks effortless for him. If that's what we'd get from him then it's a great move.

A free transfer for 1 year would be ace for everyone involved. So long as he is protected by the midfield in front of him his deteriorating athleticism could be masked. We can go big on a world class CB next summer.

I finally blocked him a couple of days ago. I didn't even follow him but constantly would see his pointless tweets basically just repeating Chelsea related headlines that he read.