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People banging on about PVA. There is a reason he has spent last 2-3 seasons on loan. I bet my mortgage he is gone in the summer. Won't play for Chelsea again imo. I'd be surprised Bertrand does too. I mean a right footed right back is favoured over a natural left back? That for me is the sign of someone on our "unwanted" list. It's like people said "Don't buy Salah, use Baker" 90% of those people will have never seen Baker play properly and said it based on the fact he made the bench v Derby. Piazon, dutch league poor quality, people wanting him in the squad expecting him to be dynamite. Needs a loan in a good league first, Prem, Italy, Spain. i love the fact our youngsters are having good loans, but don't let it cloud your judgement and don't get your hopes up for them to be in our first team/squad next year, it wont happen. A lot of loans are actually cheap methods to get players in shop windows and entertain bids. Chalobah may be the exception

Few people did. and BBC Radio 606, the channel he said it to, also tweeted it

Schwarzer giving it the ITK on BBC Radio 606 "We expecta couple more additions before the window closes"

the Guardian article where he says we have to kind of be prepared for things happening we don't expect between now and deadline, and there being lots of work to do, leaves me with no doubt we have other targets. But also makes me think we could see more outwards

I think all press conferences are TV and papers, but TV get minimal access. When Jose has a presser at say 12pm and our stream stops at 12.30pm, Jose probably leaves around 1-1.30pm. Newspapers are embargoed though yes. I always find what he says to papers is different to TV. "Hopefully we are done this window" to TV. Then to papers "Until the deadline we have to deal with things we are not expecting, So, until the deadline, we have lots to think about and do

Posted in other thread Jose said "hopefully we are done" not a definite no to me. I think Matic will fill Essien void. Salah takes de Bruyne slot... so either someone to come in and take Mata squad spot [not necessarily a AM] or a left back IMO. Realistically though think itll be Zouma

He didnt say "we are done" he said "hopefully we are" That is not a manager who has no intention of signing anyone

I don't see any reason for Zenit to be in England, so unless both Hulk and Neto are discussing terms with English clubs, the picture is completely innocent

Hulk will be something completely innocent, and if that is his agent, he looks too young EDIT: Not his agent, it is Luis Neto, plays for Zenit

Don't think it'll be Shaw if there is more business after Salah. My guess is [with a realistic head on] Zouma or Guarin

Not that I think we will ever sign him, but strange to be in Luton when Brazil or Zenit, have nothing happenign over here

That Chelsea Sources needs banning. He is utterly awful

I am as confident as one can get that if Diego Costa ever joins Chelsea, Thibaut Courtois is 100% going other way. Absolutely, for a start by giving him in part ex brings the fee down. If Madrid agree he is worth 25m, and costa buyout is say 32, we give them roughly 7-10m on top and job done. Mark my words

attacker as in someone to play in the 3 behind striker? It wont be one of them. Because we'll be back to square 1, we sign a new AM and one of hazard, oscar or willian will struggle to get in, or even the new signing himself. IF we are going to reinvest the £37m or whatever, much as id love it to be a striker, having thought about it i think itll be either shaw o zouma in

But yeh I honestly though this wouldnt happen unless it was a swap. I was completely wrong it seems

This is what I reckon is happening, bear with... I think coming into this window and with the losses announced, Mourinho mandate for the window was "sell before you buy." I genuinely think Mourinho anticipated only Essien and De Bruyne leaving, therefore knowing he needed to bring in a midfielder as oppose to a striker [hence the 100% not a striker comment] when asked if we would sign one. Therefore, soon as he knew de bruyne leaving was likely, and the bids and enquiries started being received, he made the move to sign Guarin, even confirmed by Inter, Guarin's greediness scuppering the deal. Perhaps at this point things became obvious that Matic wanted to return to the Premier League and Chelsea, and knowing how much de bruyne was leaving for, we offered a lower sum knowing Matic would push for the deal, resulting in us signing him for 25m euros, barely anything more than De Bruyne went for. [give or take 3-4m.] Mourinho, knowing the £300m Adidas deal releases some extra funds to him in the summer maybe along with a decent budget off Roman, then declares that in the summer window we will make '3-4 clinical blockbuster signings' [may have been 2-3 forgotten.] This is why I believe he said he will wait until the summer to purchase a striker, because after selling De Bruyne, he has no funds and did not expect any further sales. So the strikers he wanted, examples Costa, Cavani, Falcao, Rooney etc were shotlisted for summer. However, now with Mata going [if true] and knowing the dissent it may cause among fans, he is worshipped after all, Mourinho knows the fans will want something in return to soften the blow, plus, he is £40m closer to being able to get one of these in now. I could be miles wrong, but I think the temptation to bring in one of these forwards, or even Luke Shaw, may prove too much. To clarify, IMO, De Bruyne sale paid for Matic, plus a few million which we knew wouldn't hurt FFP. Mata going pays for someone inwards, no idea who though

Wont sign another AM. Juan Mata cant get into the side atm, be waste of time signing another AM

Despie denials, dont rule out Jackson Martinez. Diego Costa possible.

Good. they can fuck off

Mata to Utd £37.5m according to Telegraph. One of the better papers out there. Be amazed if Mourinho sanctions this without Rooney coming opposite way

They said it today too? Missed that. On that transfer centre thing again?

Should be something tomorrow then I'm guessing. Or at least a little more light on this story if Jim White was genuine

well if there is zero rumours or anything tomorrow [or in papers later on] we can file Jim White under "WUM"

Cheers. Didnt the guests comment on it? strange

For those who seen Jim White say we are close to a big signing, was it the transfer centre thing where they have 2 guests who are ex players/managers, or the transfer centre with the ipad and the big screen giving updates on rumours? [if is latter im sure its repeated later]