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What was reported is that we decided against making a formal bid for him rather then him rejecting us. Of course we'd all have loved OX instead of Zappacosta or another striker option...etc. But the squad needed A LOT of improvement and the club managed to get a lot of that done this window. People forget, because we won the league last season, that our squad was thin and had very obvious weaknesses.

Yeah, already done.

9 is no where near realistic. Truth is, and the 'humiliating window' narrative is catchy, but if we can get Drinkwater and Zappacosta over the line, this would have been a very solid window.

No way Barkley is starting unless we move to a 3 central midfielders like 3-5-2. Yeah, you're right Ox starts over Moses, but tbh, neither should be starters at a club like Chelsea.

'core'? None of them would be starters here.

Think, at best, it would be a 'limited' medical exam. Reading what Jake Cohen is saying on twitter regarding how and when medicals happens in regards to contracts, I think that the "mid-medical" part of the story is being thrown in there because it gets clicks. Think it's highly unlikely, to say the least.

How does an (heavily) injured player undergo a medical exam??

You mean the guy who's best known for being brutally destroyed by JT:

Shit just got real! Still don't get the point of this signing, but I sure as hell would rather we get him instead of Arsenal!

What would be the point of signing Mahrez? We've already got Eden and Pedro and Willian as backup. You can't put two of Pedro/Willian/Mahrez on the bench.

Mate, we're likely ending up with no one today. I get why Conte wants Drinkwater so he can have the option to switch to 3-5-2 when needed, but surely that should not the top priority!

Can't fucking believe we went the entire window without buying a wingback. Whomever are in charge of planning and getting deals done should lose their job asap.

I hope it's true, but I really doubt that we can turn our attention hours before the window closes and get the deal done in time.

We're literally hours away from the window closing and there aren't even any whispers of us being linked with another wingback.

Because we've left it this late and obviously have no backup plan even though a wingback should very clearly have been a top priority this summer.

In my mind, this makes perfect sense. We absolutely needed someone who can play wingback and we definitely needed that someone to be homegrown. And who better to fit those characteristics than Kieran Gibbs?!

He's clearly still adjusting to the league (though the ref today was practically taking the piss all the fouls he was not giving him). He's also still also building chemistry and learning how to linkup with his new teammates. But his movement is absolutely world class, inside and outside the box. And the way he attacks the ball with his head could be taught in academies. Definitely need to see him contributing more, but can't complain with 2 goals and 2 assists in his first two home games!

Need to take one of those chances and put it to bed already.

You get the feeling that Morata and our attack in general, despite being good so far, can still go up a level or two.

Honestly? I'm more upset by the trip to Azerbaijan. You just know it's going to be before some big match here in the league...

Brilliant system by UEFA to seed according to league position. How the hell did we, the champions, end up with the toughest group of any English team, except Tottenham?

Bloody brilliant. Atletico, Roma and now a trip halfway across the world. This couldn't have been shitier...

Honestly, if we don't get league one opponents at least until the semis we should cancel the deal...

WTF is the Carabao Cup?! Just call it the "shitty worthless cheapening football advertisement trophy" and be done with it!