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We understand you're a Juve fan and don't want to lose him, but it's time to start accepting it.

English forums? Please provide link to Sandro thread.

True. I'm still in disbelief that this is happening. When the story first broke I was very pessimistic, thinking that this is either bullshit or no way Chelsea can pull this one off. This is the type of signing Real Madrid or Bayern Munich makes, genuine world class. We sign Babas and Djilobodjis. They are proving me wrong though.

Same shit that has been repeated for days: # Juventus accepts proposal for 70 million euros, and Chelsea is close to closing Alex Sandro. [ @ FoxSports_br ]

... what?

Verdict? Is he good, worth the money? What positions does he play?

Most reliable outlets are reporting that we are close to signing him. Some random Italian papers with questionable reputations are saying the deal is (maybe) off. I think I know who I believe more. We are getting him.

Please fix it already ffs @Jim

Lmao... Did he even play one minute at CB?

If he has any sense then he has to be grateful for the opportunity to be playing in such a team in any capacity.

I'm sure the club have more on their list than only those 3 names.

How do you know we don't have many options? If we indeed sign him for stupid money I guess then we can conclude we didn't have other options, but until then it's premature to get to such a conclusion.

70 million? Pass. We can get any CB in the world for that money, VVD hasn't proved anything close enough to be worth such a record breaking deal. At the moment he's only a big fish in a small pond. I mean he didn't even play for half of a season due to injury, the hype is unreal with this one.

£40m is probably the best price we can get for a 29 year old with 2 years left on his contract. I'd rather sell him abroad for 30 mill, but I haven't heard of anybody being seriously interested other than United, so this may be our best chance of significantly cashing in from a player who probably wants to leave. And on the positive side we can use that money to finance the signings of other potential targets that Conte really wants. Ideally of course I would not sell him at all and keep him to compete with Bakayoko. Selling him also means getting another midfielder unless Conte puts a lot of trust in Chalobah/Baker/RLC, which I doubt. Having only Bakayoko, Kante, Fabregas, Chalobah is far too thin and would once again put us in a place where one injury/suspension would set us back to stone age. So hopefully the money will be well reinvested in midfield.

Is this guy in the know? Reliable? Connections to Chelsea?

Don't kid yourself, you will feel let down if it doesn't happen no matter how "calm" you claim to be. Face it, at this point we're all excited and will be disappointed if it didn't happen. There's too much smoke for there not to be fire. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

Didn't Liverpool officially declare their interest in him over? Yet they're still trying to do something? What a spineless bunch.

According to that he works for Sync Sports Group based in London, that is a collective of registered FA intermediaries, sport consultants & highly skilled recruitment personnel. http://syncsportsgroup.com/ Make of it what you will, I haven't heard of them before and their website isn't even finished yet and joined Twitter on September 2016, so they must be new.

I wonder where this myth comes from that Azpi isn't good offensively? Yes, he isn't an aggressive attacker, but he is smart and most of the times makes the right decisions, even if it's something simple. He isn't penetrative, but he's effective for the team in possession. Moses on the other hand is aggressive and fast, but pretty dumb. It gives us balance on the two flanks. I would rather play Azpi at RWB over Moses anyway, but we had no other choice in central defence. With Christensen returning and Van Dijk reportedly coming in, we will now have that choice and Moses will have rightfully earned himself a place as a squad player in a Champions League level team, something I'm sure he would be happy with. I was under no illusions that Moses would stay a starter for a team that wants to challenge beyond domestic glory, and Azpi is just too good to be dropped for anyone. Also, if we want to eliminate our weakness from crosses, then Azpi can't stay a CB imo.

I don't know much about how transfers can be financed or how common it is for sponsors to sponsor player transfers, but could it be that the frugal transfer windows these past few years have been (partly) due to Adidas's lack of interest in continuing promoting Chelsea? The sums being quoted would see us break the Torres record fee multiple times in one window, which is unheard of from us (One big buy yes, several? No). I looked into it and indeed all the players we are being heavily linked with for big money, are sponsored by Nike. Could it be that Nike are sponsoring those deals massively, would that comply with FFP and other transfer rules? After all, when we signed that Nike deal, it was said that their plan was to use us as their top football brand. Manchester United not long ago ditched Nike for Adidas and all of a sudden they started pulling those crazy deals out of their asses (Pogba sponsored by adidas). We on the other hand ditched Adidas, moved to Nike (like a swap between the two clubs) and by the looks of it are now creating a serious contender to United. It coincides with sponsor changes, perhaps Nike don't fancy the idea of an Adidas club holding the league in a financial stranglehold. City already have endless pits of Arabic money, plus we are way more marketable than City worldwide anyway, so it makes sense for them to help push us back up among the elites together with themselves. That is, of course, if those rumours and quoted prices are true. Sponsors might have a bigger hand in clubs' transfer policies than we think, or at least than what I thought.

Fuck that sounds so gooooood! I hope it's true. We'd be PR-ing our way back to the very top as an elite club this way. Caballero, Bakayoko, Van Dijk, Sandro and Lukaku are my bets.. and maybe a shocker too? Exciting times ahead But I'm dreading waking up on July 2 like "fuck, I fell for it again".

Wow, "breaking" news since 2014.

Schick is a forward, has nothing to do with Sandro happening or not.