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Yeah, Real Madrid probably don't want the trouble of trying to get him in January, our board will never agree to that. I think the club is willing to risk getting a lower fee in the summer and they know it will be lower, but they also know the ramifications of not finishing top 4 would be much more severe, and without Hazard we can essentially kiss top 4 goodbye. The remaining time the club will be trying to convince him to stay, so what they gotta do first is get a competent striker... Hazard is probably counting days till summer playing false nine. I'm not sure that Higuain is the right player to prove our ambitions, but for the remainder of the season it would be better than nothing. The hope is maybe that we will start playing much better with him and Eden will love it. I think we will fail in persuading him and Real will come in with some low-ball offers at first, we will reject them and so on and so forth, until we are finally forced to accept something. Real will be under pressure to buy themselves out of this state they find themselves in and Hazard is probably the cheapest top quality option available. It also doesn't help that Hazard himself gives subliminal "come get me" pleas each chance he gets, you can be sure as shit they have taken note.

Don't kid yourself, in the same game he also missed a sitter. You could see his soul leave his body when it happened, he's become unrecoverable like Torres was confidence-wise. Also his lack of celebration was reportedly a hissy fit towards Zola's comments... Who the fuck is he to diss one of our greatest like that? Has he earned the right to act like this with his performances? No he hasn't and I'm actually glad Sarri has shunned him cold turkey.

I've always viewed Petr as a Lampard of goalkeepers. Meaning they probably weren't the most talented or technically gifted, but their hard work, grit, determination and mainly intelligence got them to the very top. Him and JT almost died playing for Chelsea, there isn't a single greater thing a player can do for the club... Not to mention the heroics of Munich among others. He is forever etched in the same pinnacle legendary status together with Lampard, JT and Drogba... they were the only constant driving forces from beginning to the end of our most successful era ever. Managers came and went, teammates came and went, yet we still maintained that winning spirit for a decade no matter what, all thanks to them.

Immortalized in the history of our football club.

Ah, the mandatory jet picture... couldn't do without it.

This would normally fall to the DOF perhaps, but in our case I think this decision might be a compromise or a consensus between the board, head scout and head coach. Roman, in this day and age, I feel is more of a rubber stamp than an active participator in our transfers like he was in the beginning. I don't have much to base this opinion on, other than looking at the current political climate and thinking he probably has bigger worries on his mind.

How I think things work, is that our scouts identify the targets, then the viability of signing them is discussed among the board and after drawing their conclusions on how feasible they are to buy, Marina as the lead negotiator will contact the selling clubs and try to get a deal inside the parameters that the board have set.

Are you glad we didn't get Manolas instead of Rüdiger? And where would Luiz rank?

Now imagine somebody like AC or Ampadu instead of Rüdi. They'd get destroyed. Perfect example why a respectable EPL team needs to have at least one tank of a CB.

Btw @DDA, I want to pubicly apologize for taking shots at you earlier in that Jorginho thread. I was in a bad moment and it had nothing to do with you, I tend to impulsively become a douchebag when my head's not on right. I do respect your contribution here. Nice list there also, I agree with it

@Vesper where would you rank Rüdi among world CBs?

Mate you're embarrassing the baltics with such dross comments.

He's a big lad, a target man I assume. Only 3 appearances for Senegalese NT at age 27. Doesn't sound like somebody fit for sarrismo, but frankly I know nothing about him. His scoring record is impressive though.

Plot twist - he will be supporting the gooners.

We must now pray to all gods that they come with a cash only offer, but I have a feeling they want to get rid of Malcom in the middle.

I guess you didn't mind Mourinho running Ivanovic to the ground either? How easy would life be for the authorities if nobody ever questioned their decisions...

Barkley is an enigma. He had a promising period, but he's reverted back to this shy and restricted self. He should be dominating and ramming through people and getting shots away in the box... Guess that injury halted his momentum.

Nah... he is

Why is it extremely alarming? For me what is extremely alarming is our inability to get into goalscoring positions and to score goals, which of course also reduces the number of assists. You clearly haven't watched many games this season or you have very selective memory. I could pick a good forward pass each game he's played in.

Fucking twats in the board all of them

I genuinely laughed at this post Thank you Lucio, oneo f the best CBs ever

Bottle of vodka here. Just glad to see links Willian away from us, even if not true, it still brings a smile to my face.

What are you talking about?

I don't care who or what they offer, just get rid of this emoji warrior. Even if they wanted US to pay £50m and give them Willian, why the fuck not. He's useless.

Let's hope CHO isn't too nervous, this past week he has been constantly talked about and speculated over. Also wonder if he starts RW or LW