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Admittedly this is the one transfer where i do genuinely believe the reports that he'd probably prefer Spurs. Be interesting to see what the Ev do as they were quoting 50m in June rofl

slightly different roles I think between Barkley and Drinkwater. Drinkwater is like a little ankle biter round the place, gets stuck in whereas Barkley would be more creative

agents do the contract talks, and my guess is Ox already knows what we are going to pay him if he joins. Medical can be done anytime until 11pm Thurs.

Whats the panic?

they are not garbage to be fair.

Or, devils advocate here, are they going for Lemar because they have been told Ox is coming here?

The other point to make is, we have no idea when talks between us and Ox are due to be held, has he had a medical already? No one knows

I woke up today with a fear Liverpool had matched our bid, and was certain they would. But somethign also tells me they are not that keen on him and we will get him. I watched a video earlier of robbie from Arsenal TV and he said he was told a month or so back that Ox wanted to go to Chelsea by someone who would know

to be honest mate, if this deal happens, i wouldnt expect to see stuff like that until Thursday. So it ties in with our deadline day show on Chelsea TV. Might get the website statement of him signing, but the shirt pic i am not sure

Be done by tomorrow night or Wednesday at the latest, as England fly to Malta on deadline day

Cynic in me thinks he is trying to drive money into skybet as theyre still offering odds on Lpool Might not count my chickens yet, then if indeed this "source" is a real person

infosport or something in France broke Mourinho's sacking before anyone.

Good signing, Conte will do wonders with him.

cant stand Twitter accounts like that, spoilt bastards

If this happens it is going to happen fast, whether he goes here, lpool or stays. 4 days left, hectic week incoming i think

probably not sellin him then, to be honest

Liverpool echo in player prefers Anfield shocker. They're fucking nauseating with that shit IF he wants CM, and absolutely not RWB, he will go Liverpool. If he is happy to occasionally play CM i think we may get him. We have London so minimal upheaval, trophy challenges.

If that Telegraph report is true, think we will get him. Liverpool keen too, but id hope we are a bigger draw right now, no brainer

Never thought this deal had a huge chance in all honesty, but if any news breaks that Ox has rejected his new deal and still wants to leave, I'll be quietly confident

Wenger didn't seem very convincing that Ox would stay today I hope he stays bla bla then this 'I've had to deal with big departures many times, and I always focus on the team and Arsenal. Of course you want to keep your best players, but you have to find a way to survive. 'I know every bid that we have, of course, but I think the best for us right now is to focus on Sunday's game.'

He's a Colombian international. Just isn't someone that's ready to make the jump and would prefer Baba to get a run. Baba's days are numbered, soon as he is fit hes gone. And if that is January, he will play for U23 until then

I love Michy as a guy, and think he has immense potential, Vardy has more about him right now, without a shadow of a doubt, not even a debatable point. Vardy's age is what puts me off, 30m ish for a 29 yr old.

35-40 is the new "normal" so to speak. Chris Wood of Burnley is going for £15m from Leeds, Andre Gray is nearly £20m. Its the market now. Drinkwater is not as bad as made out on here, he just isnt. Neither is Ross Barkley

Genuinely think he would be a decent squad member. Capable of doing a job when called upon. I really think it'll happen, for about 34m plus add ons, taking it to like 38-40 Candreva and a wingback to join aswell. don't see a striker happening now

No one knows the other teams, so right now we cant use the argument that he'd play more at these other teams. If Conte was impressed enough to have talks with Ancelotti after the game, i would take a guess he maybe sees him starting for us. The player knows he cannot be guaranteed to start every single game at whoever he joins.... i think its more a case of just being on the pitch. which he will get here, simple. The interest is clearly genuine, and I would be happy if we loaned him