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I see Mustafi is on his way to Arsenal now. It's basically Koulibaly or no one now.

I have the feeling he'll go out on loan and we'll never hear from him again until he's sold to a random German or Spanish side in a couple of years. If he's not in Conte's plans now and can't break into the side as a fullback with the players we have now, I can't imagine he'd be able to once we have new signings there.

What, did she give him a handy?

Current, 38 year old Drogba is better than Zaza.

We were never going to be rid of Ivanovic this season. The best we can hope for is that he's benched for the majority of the time. The board and Roman love him and were never going to sell him after extending his contract. There's still time to sign who we need but I'm running out of faith we will.

I'm a tad more relaxed about bringing in a fullback compared to how I'm nervous as hell about a CB. There's just no way we can go a whole season with only Azpi, Aina, and Ivanovic the makeshift RB. Someone is coming in for sure.

Yeah, he's definitely not a DM. He's basically a more athletic Lampard. A dynamic #8. He's got great energy and stamina like Ramires and Kante but also has a great eye for a pass and can score goals from midfield. He'd be a clear upgrade over Matic. He'd also allow us to actually use Fabregas in the first XI since he's great at pressing and can win the ball back. A midfield 3 of Matuidi, Kante, Cesc looks awesome, in fact. The biggest downside would be that his game is completely reliant on his physical tools and at 29, how much longer will he be able to play like he is now? I'd certainly take a punt on him for 2-3 years.

"This is what Kalidou wanted all along. He loves Napoli and never even thought about leaving."

Would be a great short term signing and I think Conte would love him. Have to say I'd prefer someone younger, but he'd be a very good player that would help us reach the top 4.

Remember he suffered that terrible knee injury just before the Euro's? City were after him but then the injury happened so they moved on.

He's the very definition of an average player. Not even better than Remy. We'd be absolute idiots to do this deal.

Forget doubled, he's not even worth half that! He's the type of player that a few years ago you'd have seen moving to Southampton or Stoke or one of those other perennial midtable clubs for about £10m. This TV money is absolutely bananas. If only Chelsea could join the party and go on our own spending spree. On actual good players, of course, not like this.

Another striker is a must. Costa gets injured and we have only Bats since it seems nailed on that Remy is gone.

Did I say he did? lol Just saying what I saw so the excitement can die.

One of our best players. As in he's one of our 3-4 best. As for their national team, not that their best team is any good now, but that Olympic side is basically their youth team + Neymar. Can hardly judge them.

Why do so many Chelsea fans (on here and especially on Twitter) lump Willian in with "flops?" So unappreciative. He's one of our best players, ffs. Anyways, if this kid being thought of as an immediate first team player or is he "one for the future" who will be loaned out never to be heard from again? Even if he's a replacement if for Matic if he's sold, what would signing this kid mean for Chalobah and RLC? Just seems kinda weird that if we're after another midfield target it wouldn't be a significant upgrade. This seems like huge gamble rather than just going and signing more of a sure thing.

£30m for Bolasie?!

Matt Law of the Telegraph who is probably the best informed journalist when it comes to Chelsea matters these days responded to someone on Twitter earlier today saying we have no interest in Mahrez. Think we can forget about this one. Just hope he doesn't go to Arsenal.

Looking on Twitter and luckily some reputable journalists are saying he's likely heading to Everton. He's their level, not a player that a club with title ambitions should be after.

Yeah, preseason was proof that Aina has the talent and ability to play games for us this season. But it also showed that he's got a long way to go before he's the undisputed first choice. He's still a kid, obviously. Like, what happens if Azpi picks up a bad injury? We'd be totally fucked. Ivanovic on one side and Aina on the other. We'd leak even more goals. We surely have to be bringing someone in.

The fullback situation is kind of strange. Conte decided quickly that Baba wasn't good enough and we moved him out on loan hastily. You'd have thought that we would've only let him go if a replacement was imminent. Not a peep. Not even a link to one, really.

I'd rather no one than mediocrity. This is like the "hey, we can't get Stones so let's get Djilobodji instead" mentality.

Jesus fucking Christ...

Yep. Due to the new tv deal the days of clubs like Chelsea/UnitedArsenal etc being able to look past the likes of West Ham are gone. They have the personnel and coaching to beat anyone on their day. Every single PL team big or small can beat one another. Even the newly promoted sides.

Seems the Italian clubs share a similar trait - they demand the moon and the stars for their players but when they go out and buy they expect a cheap deal.