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He turned down a move there already. Weeks ago. Can see him waiting for Barca or PSG as opposed to Saudi’s. Or even again staying another season at City if one of those 2 don’t come up as he wanted to leave last summer also.

Cant afford another year with no regular source of goals though. Or we might as well kiss goodbye to any opportunity of finishing top 4/6. Although at this rate its going to be tough to do anyway because realistically we seem to be just intent on chasing wingers and right backs when we lack a CF, CMs and GK.

Excited to see what he can do here. Am a bit curious about how he will fare after his PSG spell as it wasn’t really a traditional sort of Poch team in terms of how Espanyol, Southampton and Spurs were in terms of pressing or the football being as high octane. Has to get some good senior players with a bit of know how and skin in the game around the squad though. Cannot stress that enough. Will be vital.

Left to develop and play because Reece was here then we signed Gusto in Jan and now want another young RB who needs to play to develop? Fffffffsssss lol Even with a loan back…. its so stupid. Makes 0 sense.

Poch will get him firing, I have no doubts about it. He cut a frustrating figure at times last season but I don’t think anybody can say that he was the only one. He did more than some players did regardless - managed 9 goals in all comps last season which, even then is a pretty poor season for him by all accounts based on his previous years. Think he got double figure goals in all comps for 9 seasons in a row barring last. And had 5 PL seasons with double figure goals. So there is much much more to come. The fact he already is back in the gym and putting the hard work in as well shows he is fully committed to putting things right this season.

Fuck me read the full post. But what else should I expect, as thick as a submarines door. You’d think the club would of had somethings in the pipeline to justify letting these go. Forget the fees or wages or their ages or whatever, we are 2 bodies lighter in there (Kova and Ngolo) and have nobody lined up for coming in. And they were 2 of the much better ones we had… And once Rice, Caicedo and Veiga go, it will be slimmer pickings - as it already is. Have already said numerous times we should stop haggling for this £3m more plus £7m in add ons for the £65m fee we are demanding several times too. We are going to potentially blow that deal as well 🤣

Well thats absolutely horseshit. I mean everytime somebody mentioned selling Kante for the last 2 years I’ve basically questioned why the fuck would we do that but if you say so 🤣 The strategy of selling Kovacic to the best team in Europe and letting Kante go for nothing, irrespective of if they were part of the “swamp” as you put it (seems to be this impression that Mount is also a money grabber, Havertz is something else despite many who will slag him probably wanted rid of him for almost 1 season now, Kova is that bla bla bla) or whatever else and not having made any midfield signings prior to doing so is pretty risky. But trust the process…. sure. Because the last 2 windows worked out so well. Yes ok there is a chance yet that we could get Caicedo, or we could get Veiga but with the other clubs sniffing around - it is a pretty big if I would say. Even more so considering the fact that based on the Ugarte deal alone which you mentioned (I agree should of closed the deal as he was ideally someone who could have been the perfect foil for Enzo), we should probably be worried that if 2 or 3 big clubs make moves for Caicedo or Veiga, whats to say our proposal is as good as the others? PSG basically came in and said well Chelsea are offering this, we will give you this then we pulled out. If United or City or Arsenal come in, with CL football on offer, with better packages, what do you really expect to happen? Its not rocket science - we needed to get these wheels in motion ages ago but we fucked about with that clown Potter being here for too long then a caretaker manager before taking what felt like 6 months to appoint anybody after speaking to Poch (twice, once after Tuchel and once after Potter), Enrique and Nagelsmann. We will be either really lucky and get one of those 2 and then end up with some alternative 85th choice or get neither, and have to get the 85th and 86th choices. And these players, Rice, Caicedo, Veiga, whoever signs these will really define how the window goes for certain teams. One of them being us. But as long as the wages are lower, we will win the spreadsheet championship…

Kessie would be an interesting signing. Not sure he’s overly convinced in Spain but his physical profile and tenacity could be useful in midfield. Think he had a good spell at Milan. Barca are expecting Saudi’s to offer big cash for him though so lets see what happens. Why the fuck are we going after another young winger also? I swear this mob of technical directors and footballing people we’ve hired have a hard on for turning us into Southampton. Or Leipzig or somebody of that ilk. We need to get this window right. And that means getting good quality players who can contribute right away. If we have another window where we piss money away on kids for other clubs, expensive projects and continually beat around the bush instead of prioritising what we need then we could struggle.

Worst take I’ve ever seen on Pep. Ever. Pep has has had continued success everywhere he has gone, more than more or less every top manager in the history of the modern game bar Ferguson and maybe Mourinho but there is no doubt he will eclipse Mourinho in the next season or two. Easily. Mourinho fell off the cliff a bit after his second spell here and at United. Pep has yet to fall off and has continued to evolve and win trophies. Mourinho’s most successful period as a manager was between 2002-2016. Thats where he won the most trophies. And even then here second time round and at United, you could see signs he was becoming a bit outdated where as Pep hasn’t stopped winning trophies since 2008.

Could of done with him also though considering the only players we can maybe rely on next season that play midfield is basically Enzo and Connor 🤣 And whoever out of City/Arsenal/United doesn’t get Rice, they probably become instant favourites to sign Caicedo (well either United or Arsenal - don’t see City going for him and hopefully Liverpool don’t decide to enter the race). We are still there but if we are that keen, we need to start putting things together before it becomes too late. The groundwork should of been done to get things in motion. Particularly when it became apparent that Ngolo and Mateo were leaving.

He rejected 2 offers made at the beginning of the season as it was reported he wanted a similar deal/same deal as Reece financially which I think, he was probably entitled to ask for. And probably one that, you’d of expected the club to make to him. Think it was for 7 years too which was an issue initially. Then there was a third offer made in February (which I hope this isn’t true as it is an incredibly amateurish and probably solidified any doubts he had about staying here long term) that the club and Todd Boehly asked him to sign a 1 or 2 year extension in February with a significant increase in wages. Surprisingly since then there were a lot of rumbling that he saw this as a means for the club to boost his transfer value and that his relationship with certain people on the non footballing side of the club soured after that. I don’t think offering a 23 or 24 year old a 1 or 2 year contract would inspire them to stay. And if he’s such a money grabber, why not take the 1 or 2 year deal on a significant pay rise? And leave anyway? His hearts set on going and I am not surprised because if even 50% of the shit regarding that 1/2 year offer is true, why would you want to stay?

Who knows? There has been a huge failing/breakdowns in his contract negotiations since the World Cup though. Pretty sure he made it clear despite Poch wanting him to resign that his minds made up. Players come and go, doesn’t mean they are money grabbers everytime but its the typical lazy oh their cannot be any other reason for it.

I think theres no doubt Mudryk’s got good physical attributes - pace, acceleration, ability to change direction quickly etc but a lot of the clips of him playing well for Shakhtar in the CL group, people forget they played more as a counter attacking side. He’s not necessarily that young either, he’s already 22 and has made 82 appearances at club level. Not sure how many are starts or that but some of the others we signed of a similar age bracket over the years: - Badiashile 22, over 150 games. - Enzo 22, over 130 games. - Kai when he signed, 21 IIRC, 150 games. Maybe a lack of football exposure has an effect on him? Maybe after another 50-60 games he might start to come good and iron out a few more flaws? Who knows but I think technically he looks pretty raw sometimes, even the likes of dribbling wise he runs into players far too often. As did Timo who was a lot older and look how that went. Mudryk’s finishing is also very tame, the amount of good positions he was in, probably could have had at least 5 goals. He’s a very expensive project.

Money Mase 🤣 Jesus christ. Sorry but how thick can you be? We are the ones haggling with United over the sake of £3m plus some add ons…. Theres a £55m offer on the table, he wants to go, United willing to match the 200k p/w contract offer we were willing to give him. Yet hes a money grabber….. have a day off.

Would be fine but was it not reported Newcastle were making a £12m bid? I see Kova goes to City and now he’s a cunt…. typical. Daft move by us. I am under the impression that the clubs willingness to offload him probably swung his decision to leave, bet he couldn’t believe his luck when City were interested though. Although did say before that the clubs spending last season has hamstrung us and we were always going to he susceptible to selling good players who could still offer something here to our rivals. Think Inter was mentioned months ago when it was originally talked about their being a bit of uncertainty around his future. But yeah, daft. Not made one midfield signing and thats now Kante and Kova gone as well as RLC looking set to leave and Mount maybe going on a free next summer for the sake of a few million and potentially add ons. Said it before, our transfer strategy is wank.

Honestly between him and Mudryk, they are at similar stages of their development. One cost £80m one cost £25-30m so price wise its unfair to throw Nori in with Mudryk. Plus he is a lefty coming in off the right whilst Mudryks a righty coming in off the left and we had heaps of them. And even then, if we were crying out for young wingers why didn’t we just keep CHO at beginning of the season though? For instance was CHO really any worse than what Mudryk’s looked? Wouldn’t say so. Madueke is a different profile though, left footer coming in off the right, finding these players at good value is always tough.

I honestly think he’s gonna struggle. He was a decent enough up and coming player but his price tag is absolutely ridiculous. He was maybe a £35m signing at most. I don’t think we will ever see a return on the £80m or so his fee wis amount to, I really don’t. Looks like he is lost when he puts on a Chelsea top.

I don’t think its unfair to have expected more from him. He’s been one of Europe's best/highly thought of CBs over the past 7 or 8 seasons, a very proven and experienced player. Not a kid, a 30/31 year old who yeah sure he might of been a lot better next season but I think the clubs willingness to sell after one season maybe says it all. The criticism is always going to be it didn’t work out for him here and many, myself included, expected more. Whats unfair about that? He did have a few decent games actually playing against Dortmund in particular he looked good in that back in the middle role of that back 3 but he also had some games where he was pretty poor. Just think he was maybe a yard or two off the pace of the PL.

Yep few years too late. Still expected more from someone of his calibre though, but sometimes these moves don’t work out. Under either Mourinho, Sarri or Conte 6 or 7 years ago he would of been a different animal.

Him and CHO are on huge wages though, 125-150k apparently? so getting around the same or a bit more for CHO and the 12.5m for RLC is good enough. Can’t be too picky getting certain prices for the likes of them two and a few others who are miles off it.

Bayern wont pay ridiculous money for Mount either though. Should of took the £50 + 5 offer from United…. Demanding £60m+ for someone with 1 year on his deal was always stupid. I see wages is a topic of discussion again. Apparently he will be matching the 200k we offered him if he goes to United.

So I am guessing Mount will be staying/leaving on a free then? Why the fuck are we haggling for £3m and £7m in add ons? Just take the £55m and run jesus christ. If United pull out then we lose £55m next summer…. Not rocket science Todd.

Hmm. Still, why the last 4 of each? Seems stupid. But money talks

So another competition which you now don’t need to actually win anything to enter? Hmmmm. How does that work…. And I thought after the Super League fiasco they were clamping down on these sort of buy a place competition because of who the club is 💰💰💰💰

Interesting. Based off of WhoScored looks like he scored 10 of his goals when he started but his minutes also beg the question, is there a stamina issue there? Does he burn out quickly and need to be taken off? Or does he go missing and not contribute in other areas of the game and he is taken off for that? Poch could rectify the fitness granted as he is notorious for working players and getting fitness levels good. I think he missed 10 games also due to an injury which maybe played a part in reduced minutes. Thats what canned his move to Bournemouth also.