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Initially coming in as back up to Alonso, Matt Law probably said Alonso was initially coming in as back up for Azpilicueta. I reckon Conte is fair and if Palmieri shows his worth he'll get minutes ahead of Alonso for sure.

FFP is a fucking joke so imagine the audacity of UEFA trying to do a 2.0. They've let PSG get away with spending 400m on two players (Mbappe will obviously make the move, matter of when they announce it not if) after years and years of spending huge amounts of money anyway, let Barca get away with spending about 360m on 2 players (although they sold Neymar for like 200m) and Man City who've been spending about 250m each summer for the last 3 years now. Absolutely pointless. They should just abandon it because its clearly one set of rules for some clubs and not for others. UEFA are absolute worst cunts. Our board are worst cunts as well for trying to comply with FFP. Fuck it, get the cheque book out and go mental you daft cunts.

Sorry but there was 10 times more contact in that foul on Sterling than the one against Morata. Morata had the beating of the man, why did he dive? It was stupid.

Think he will struggle to get as many minutes at Swansea now as he did under Paul Clement, I can see them using the more experienced guys like Bony and Ayew upfront to try and ensure they stay up. Hopefully not so he can get regular minutes but I don't know, managers tend to trust their more senior players in situations like the one Swansea are in.

I hope we will get somewhere in the next week. Dont think hes the sort of guy to let a potential deal mess with his head. Plus there has not been any accurate reports to say we've agreed a fee yet. Just rumours.

Perhaps but do you think many folk would chose Chelsea or any PL club ahead of Bayern Munich in all fairness? Sanches had maybe played 1 season of football before he went to Bayern, Bailey had played regularly before moving to Germany and has continued to do so. How often do Bayern get it wrong? I genuinely think if he keeps going at the rate he is, somebody like them or some other club will snap him up. Even if he is a Chelsea fan or not. Doesn't always work out ask Lukaku or various other young lads from the past.

Tuchel would guarantee three things: 1) scoring goals 2) conceding stupid goals 3) he'd leave/get fired after two seasons because he'd fall out with folk over transfers.

Yeah. Give him another season with CL football and possibly miss out on him if he excels again? We all know what Bayern are like. Absolutely ruthless picking players up from Bundesliga, Goretzka just joined them on a free for next season. Both Ribery and Robben are a fair age now a days, somebody like Bailey would be an ideal player to replace either or I think. If he keeps playing like he is this season then I feel we might not even get him in the summer.

Tbf that report about Arsenal and Malcom deal is apparently false, Wenger deemed him too inexperienced for the amount of £ Bordeaux want so whos to say they will get Aubameyang as well? I doubt they'd sign Lacazette for like 60m only to sign another 60m striker. People saying we would be worst team in top 6 should seriously check their heads out. Bit of an overreaction. We are short upfront and at LWB, not everywhere.

By the end of the transfer window we'll either be saying fuck off to Sky Sports or fuck off to the board. Ashley fucking Barnes

One of Rashford or Martial will not play regularly when Sanchez goes there. What a waste because both are immensely talented. Not sure why Mourinho rates Jesse Lingard so much, hes so average its scary but he will shoehorn him in somewhere because he works hard/can carry the ball on the counter. Also 4-2-3-1 with Pogba playing next to Matic? Then 3 out of Sanchez, Lingard, Mata, Martial, Rashford in whatever combo? Seriously think United will be extremely top heavy and vulnerable in MF, Pogba is a good footballer but hes not tactically switched on to play next to a holding player, in the same way Cesc struggles, or so I would say. I am actually surprised Ander Herrera isnt getting more starts in a 3 man MF, he gives so much balance, a real rounded player, would happily take him here.

I just seem him being a similar signing to Schurrle. Has shown glimpses in Germany but would blow hot & cold over here. Tbf I dont think hes anything like Schurrle. Schurrle was a wide player but had limited skills in 1v1s although he would always arrive in the box well. I think Bailey has genuine pace and can stretch teams as well as score/assist goals. I don't think its any coincidence we're looking at him after watching him play v Bayern and also the game v Hoffenheim, looks like a really good player, I'd take him in this month for sure. Schurrle was much more limited, he could finish and was good at running into space but if you had him up against a defender he was pretty limited I thought.

He's been here for 18 months and has continued to show he is not good enough. How much more time should we give him? Was same with Oscar few years ago. Today was probably his best performance for us in the PL, fair enough he was heavily involved in Willians goal and his run maybe opened up space but honestly the guy cost 33M and for that you’d expect that and more every time he plays, he just looks like he doesn’t give a fuck and out of his depth... he's had a real chance to show Conte he deserves a run in the team in the last few weeks with Morata struggling and he hasn’t shown anything except one goal which my granny would of scored. If we can get Dzeko in and get rid of Michy in the same deal I’d be very impressed because he really is poor for a second choice striker. If Morata were to suffer an injury to the end of the season or a large part of what’s remaining, I’d be very concerned about our chances of finishing top 4, unless another striker that is better comes in to beef our forward options up.

Few games now where he’s slowly picking up. Still not overly impressive for a £40m signing but maybe signs he won’t need to go to Vitesse after all 😂

Please sell. Absolutely useless.

Batshuayi is terrible. Was clean through almost bad t as soon as he got that ball I knew he wasn’t getting clear/would fuck it up.

Giroud is actually someone who I'd consider a very good back up option here as well. Watch him play, technically sound, works hard, score goals, link play... Conte made Pelle and Eder an effective partnership so I doubt he'd have any issue with the likes of Giroud or Dzeko (100000 times better than the other shit we are linked to) along side Hazard or as the focal point of a front 3.

I know its only a youtube video up there and they only show good things not any mistakes etc but he looks a few yards faster than Alonso and prepared to take risks in 1v1s. Only issue for me is he seems to come infield a lot as opposed to stay wide based on those clips but I reckon this is a Conte driven signing and if we get it done for 20m and get Dzeko too I'd be happy enough to see what like, he can't be any worse than Kenedy or Baba, plus gives Alonso competition and possibility to rotate or take him out if hes playing poorly. People concerned about his ACL injury should remember Zouma and Rudiger both done theirs in the past 3 years and really haven't lost any speed. Bolasie, Callum Wilson also the same in recent times. I doubt the club would pursue somebody who they imagined wasn't fully recovered or majorly affected by such a thing.

Na wtaf. Only we could be linked to Agbonlahor, Crouch and Carroll in the same window. Not even a shitty championship side would want to be linked to these 3. Hoooooooooooly fucking shit

Agree 100% but even as a starter he'd be a good option. Should have signed him instead of Torres years ago. Was a perfect player for us back then.

Tbf Baka was probably one of our best players last night along with Willian and Kenedy. Thats how bad it was. At least he tried to play forward more often than not unlike Drinkwater, actually put a few decent long passes out him. But yeah hes still got that infuriating side to his game.

I'd be happy with a transfer ban if it would prevent us from signing pish like Andy Carroll or Peter Crouch.

Whoever opened this thread should be banned for pulling everyones pisser/potentially causing everyone to have a heart attack in relation to this news. Noooooooo way is this happening.

I sort of agree regarding Costa. He’s a top player, different style to Morata and he’s probably hugely missed in dressing room too but he made his bed in January when that China offer came around, same way Oscar had done, which is why Conte wasn’t bothered about keeping him or Oscar. Board/Emenalo probably identify 75% of players we sign and have done for a while now, club decided to sell Matic against Contes wishes (he wanted to go but still could have put foot down instead of thinking $$$), failed to make headway with many first choice targets etc. I’ve said before I’d of liked Costa to stay and have him and Morata both play together, think it could of been a decent option but big problem in the summer was lack of high quality players brought in and right now based on interviews where Conte says he doesn’t know about clubs pursuit of Sanchez, about only giving his opinion to club when they come to him about a player etc. It’s fair to say he’s got his hands tied behind his back so to speak.

Shite game. Felt Ref got all pen decisions right though, although maybe should have used VAR more particularly for Willian’s theres noway he sees that first time 100% but the pen claims: Willian has left his leg there to hit the defenders on purpose (don’t get why people would rather do this than try shot/pass) and Morata well, wtf was that over exaggerated dive all about? There was minimal contact but he had ball he was going away from opponent... he showed more fight and passion moaning to ref than he did wanting to try get to the ball before the fall! Never seen Pedro but again 3 bookings for simulation is absolutely appalling if completely correct or not. Diving is a cancer ruining football. You seen the difference Morata made off bench though he links so good and offers 100 times more than Batshuayi. Bats took goal well but then he seemed to try and overly complicate everything as did Willian when simple options sometimes not just easier but more logical in situations. Incredibly frustrating, also lack of forward passes from Drinkwater was disappointing he was too passive always went backwards/sideways. Baka put some decent long passes out him as well actually.