Pizy

I do find it pretty amusing seeing all these outlets/pundits/journalists releasing their PL predictions and picking us to finish significantly lower than we did last season. It’s pretty clear that most of them didn’t pay attention to what happened last season or what we’ll have this season that we didn’t last. We had a shambles of a season last time with a ridiculous injury catastrophe and literally the youngest squad by average age in the league. We had a bunch of brand new players that clearly took a long time to settle. Some massive players that were meant to be key performers missed basically the entire season. And yet despite all of this we still finished within a few points of 4th. Had we now drawn to a couple of teams we would ordinarily batter we’d be in the UCL places now. Yet you see some of these guys predicting us to finish between 7th-10th. We’ve got Nkunku, Lavia, and soon (hopefully) Reece back, we’ve now got players in that I genuinely think will be really good, and we’ve got players who should be fully settled in by now like Enzo/Caicedo/Nico Jackson etc. PLUS whoever else we sign from here. There is nobody who can convince me sitting here right now that Villa, Newcastle, and Spuds should finish above us. Hell, even Man United whose business I’m not impressed at all about in the attacking areas.

I really don’t get why Atleti are apparently digging their heels in so hard on Felix. They very clearly have no desire to use him and have been perfectly okay loaning his ass out multiple times, including to a direct La Liga rival! Plus, we’ve already given them over £10m from when he was here last time. Feels like they’re refusing to be flexible/reasonable at all. Meanwhile, we’ve agreed to give them a fantastic bargain price for Gallagher who, if he were being sold to a PL club, would be going for £45-50m. Yet for them we lowered the price all the way down to what should be a super affordable price.

If we end up still signing Omorodion after all this I’m going to be devastated, ngl. Just saw someone on my Twitter timeline saying it’s still possible.

He may end up being correct in the end but I 100% guarantee that this guy has never seen Jorgensen play before just like most of us. So to say something like this before the season even starts is just hating on Chelsea as usual.

It’s just the same exact rehashed stories every day now. “Gallagher move has stalled as Chelsea and Atleti try to find a solution.” ”Chelsea want Osimhen but the terms need to change.” ”NapOli are ready to finally push forward with Lukaku.” But then nothing fucking happens. These moves have been in the works for weeks now with no real movement seemingly.

Would indeed be a good signing but we surely need to ship 1 of Badiashile or Disasi to make room first.

At this point I think the biggest PL clubs like ourselves and City are so powerful that I’m not even convinced any sort of catastrophic punishment will stick. The armies of lawyers and years long legal battles/appeals would make actual punishment take ages.

Ehh, idk. In an age when random, mediocre English players go for insane fees I don’t think £42m is at all unreasonable for Felix. He’s still an unbelievably talented player who I think would look far better now than he did in his loan stint. I wouldn’t be upset at all if we paid that.

With all the drama elsewhere about players outgoing there’s one on our books that most of us (myself included) have kinda forgotten about and that’s Kepa. I haven’t seen a single rumor about anyone being interested in him since that proposed Saudi move fell apart months ago. Wtf are we gonna do there, I wonder? Terminate his contract? Or is that too harmful in terms of FFP?

Fabrizio says that nothing has changed with Osimhen. 🤷‍♂️ We’re still interested but only if Napoli change the asking price or terms of a loan.

If the move were close surely it’s pointless flying back to London? What’s to negotiate at this point? They already agreed to pay the £33m and had all the paperwork ready.

Sounds like Atleti did to us what we did with Omorodion. Everything done and ready and then they backed out at the last second.

Not convinced Toney would excel here. And the idea that this board would sanction £60m for a 28 year old seems super far fetched. I was open to the idea when we were first linked with him months ago but I think I’ve grown skeptical that he could step up from Brentford to a top club.

Matt Law says that Gallagher definitely is flying back to London today. So yeah, that shit is dead. So I guess Conor is staying at the club then. Where and when he’ll play I have no clue since we’re so stacked in midfield.

Man, how do we still not have clarity on Gallagher… 😑

The £50m thing sounds like bullshit to me. There’s no chance we pay that much. Deal seems all but dead anyways.

So why would we now have Gallagher fly back to the UK unless the deal is still on? Surely that indicates that it’s looking less and less likely now? Because if we’re still negotiating and a breakthrough finally happens today he’d have to turn straight back around? It makes no sense. I think this deal is dead and we have one hell of a headache on our hands. He’ll probably now refuse any other move after this long, embarrassing saga and just let his contract run down. And at this point I wouldn’t blame him whatsoever for doing so.

I’m still not sure it has been confirmed that it was a medical issue with Samu. I think someone at the club changed their mind last minute after meeting with Jorge Mendes and being made aware that Felix could be had instead. The fact that Samu was already being linked to a move to a number of other clubs the minute his move here collapsed tells you that any injury concerns are minor.

I’ll wait until the end of this week before I have a go at them. If the Gallagher deal collapses after he was essentially unveiled as an Atleti player then they deserve every bit of shit coming their way.

It can’t possibly be a coincidence that the move for Felix happened right as we were dealing with Jorge Mendes for Neto. It was surely spearheaded by him. He’s trying to get his client to a permanent destination where he’d be happy and settled.

Some annoyance has to go to Atletico as well. How can they be so broke that they can’t afford £33m transfer without it being 100% mandatory that they sell someone? And if they’re so cash strapped, how/why were they able to sign Julian Alvarez for €90m?

Absolute fucking shitshow. Imagine how Gallagher must feel right now. Didn’t even want to go in the first place and now being left out to dry basically for days and days while we negotiate.

Really seems as if Felix was going to happen any moment after it all popped off last night. Yet nothing today at all. But more concerning is that there has been no Gallagher update.

I badly want to laugh hysterically at Liverpool for missing out on their top target mere days before the season starts but we have our own business that can fall through. 😅😅😅 But goddamn, people bitch and moan about our transfer dealings. Look at Liverpool! Don’t think they’ve signed a single player, have they? Their fans are in total meltdown.

The fact that Gallagher has been in Madrid for days and we still don’t have resolution makes me worried about the deal. 🫤