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If we had gone for Manolas we would have signed him by now. Reliable reports say we made an initial check on his situation, nothing about us offering him anything, and likely what happened was that we exploited the situation quickly by going after Rüdiger as the first choice, because Roma had to sell before the end of month and they had to do it quickly because of Manolas screwing up their plans. So we acted swiftly and got our 1st choice target who otherwise would have been unsellable from Roma's POV had Manolas completed his transfer. It's no coincidence that it all happened in a matter of days after the Manolas-Zenit story broke.

"Could be" being the key phrase. Real are crazy.

He doesn't look right in red But at least it's tolerable red. Hope we meet them in a cup at Stamford Bridge, so he could play at home once more.

Nice fear mongering by Mirror and Chelsea HQ for spreading it. Rüdiger is ours, we were never going to get Bonucci and we've known for a month now that Sandro has been offered a new contract. Recycling old stories for clicks/retweets. Yawn

Full-backs that can attack and defend are rare. They give almost automatic advantage over the opposing team in that position. Also remember that full-backs/wing-backs are very important to Conte on both ends as opposed to Mourinho, who just needs them to defend. It's like if you have a choice between a Wayne Bridge and a Ashley Cole - one of them is fine, passable, but the other just elevates the whole team. I believe this is the difference we'd get between Alonso vs. Sandro. 60 million absolutely worth it.

It's not worth paying attention to unless it's from a sports journo with a blue tick, then there might be something in it. I wish people would stop posting tweets from random tickless morons. TC is my source for news and such posts are really fucking up my nerves, bullshit filter needs to be on 24/7 to maintain sanity.

Isn't that guy another bullshit merchant? If it happens and we go for Luke Shaw instead before the media even got a sniff, then give this guy a medal.. but until then, not buying it.

Impressive photoshop work.

Where?

It's obviously a lie, but let's play along. Would you take Alli for £88m? If not, what would you pay the most for him? Would you take him at all?

And Alonso as 6th option when needed. I think we can manage with that backline, yes. Not sure if we even need any more CBs. Christensen is like a new signing anyway, so we basically have 2 new CBs already. Zouma apparently said he wanted to stay and fight for his place, so we might have Zouma also. If he stays we are loaded and need to shift focus to other more pressing areas.

May 2012. May 2017. I do.

People just need to look at Baba and Michy to realize that the club likes to spend around 30M on anyone.

How did you come to that conclusion?

? proof please.

Kante.

You talk too much sense, you don't fit in here. All or nothing, Sandro or bust! Conte must leave and we must finish 10th for Abramovich to learn his lesson, that will help the club a ton.

You don't know what the board think. They might just have shit negotiators or our finances aren't as good as people think, but everything we've heard and read so far indicates that they are ambitious and are trying to bring in top targets. It doesn't always work out, but we still have 2 months to improve our squad. You are also writing off players because of their names before having seen them play for us, that is a mistake. If Conte does really leave mid-summer, then he's a cheque book manager and a quitter, and also the board are a bunch of wankers then, but until any of this happens there is no point in panicking.

Another dedicated fan hoping for the worst for us.

Yes, I want to win. Will it happen? Unlikely. Will I want to finish 10th in the league because of that? No.

We won't know that before the season starts will we? Relax. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

I would take Robben only. Casillas wouldn't want to be backup, Ibrahimovic is old and injured, Pepe is a cunt.

I'm pretty sure that at least Bakayoko and Rüdiger will join Willy on the tour.

I have a feeling this will be a good signing for us. Perfect player to bring in for competition and for backup if needed, for cheap. He won't automatically block Christensen's path like Bonucci or VVD would have done with their record fees. I am calm about this transfer, at least we are strengthening in numbers if nothing else, but I believe he will also bring qualities we were missing.

Fair enough.