Blue Armour

We already got rid of Lukaku.

Screw Juventus and their demands. #TeamSkriniar

Speaking of Reece James, is there anything Chelsea can do to prevent them from preying on our squad again? I thought there were talks of a new improved contract.

Agree about potential. I just like Skriniar's all-action displays. Feels like the kind of player we would want at the back, given that we once had Rudiger. Have not seen that kind of aggression from De Ligt, but I could be wrong.

Is De Ligt that much better than Skriniar? Don't understand the hype around him. Especially if it means breaking bank and trading one of our players for him.

It didn't say that. Only said that other clubs are interested. And Tuchel wants to do an assessment.

2 weeks till preseason. Hoping at least one of DeLigt or Skriniar can be confirmed as a CB before that so that they get enough time to fully integrate with the team.

If the paper talk is true, and Inter are willing to give us a special preference over Skriniar (they better do after that Lukaku fiasco), we should just go for it. Comes across as a MUCH more exciting player compared to De Ligt, and could bring back the energy we will miss in defense from Rudiger

Massive contract too. Wonder what the after effects will be across the league. Start of many more big bucks contracts?

Source: joaquimpiera. Who the fuck are these people? And what's their credibility?

Choice for Skriniar. Play under Tuchel? Or play under Mbappe?

Well,..now that the Newcastle move has fallen apart for now.. Should Chelsea revisit this? Feels more interesting to me than tired old signings that are attractive only because of the name of the player involved.

Honestly does anyone even care about a Times article? They've been publishing shit about the club takeover even before it happened. Including about how Roman would hold the club ransom. All proven false. Feels like they have a rival club worm penning articles for them

Similar opinion, but we absolutely need a good CB or 2.

Gvardiol?

Shame that his star has fallen so low after the last two years. If he was still in his peak form from his Red Bull days, we wouldn't have been talking about Lukaku or about signing another attacker.

Same. I have a bad feeling about Sterling & Dembele, just like i had about Lukaku. If those are our only available attacking targets, I'd rather just stick with what we have and concentrate on repairing our back line with quality CBs and sign a backup fullback or 2. Given the less games this season compared to last, that should be enough to remain competitive for top 4.

Or like Arsenal would say., "Trust the process"

Bit risky for the price being quoted. He's not a regular for City especially given how frustrating he can be in a City side that creates several openings for him to potentially score. He could be even worse over here.

How we go shopping for players:

Well they finally have it. I'll wait, since it's still way before preseason, but I won't pretend it's all fine after their recent track record. Given how poorly they handled Rudigers and Christensens contract situation, they have a lot to make up for. And acting slow, while other clubs snap up targets does not. My personal opinion is that we don't need a lot more to compete for top 4 this season. But we absolutely need new CBs and we should be close to signing one.

It was the same last window too. Which culminated in the disaster Lukaku signing. People here are harping on about new owners like we need their wallet or something. The people in charge of recruitment are still the same. That's the reality.

A month before the first preseason game. Hopefully we sign at least one incoming CB within the next 2 weeks.

Hazard too. That's the kind of signing I'd like for us to make again. And DeBruyne. And Salah.

I can understand that reasoning for midfield and attacker positions. But we've known for months that we are going to lose two key center backs Surely the club would have eyed a replacement for a while now.