Jase

It's from The Sun though.

People who do not watch us/Willian play on a weekly basis shouldn't be taken seriously.

We'll soon have a German invasion.

Van Dijk and Oxlade-Chamberlain rejected us because of our instability, the fact that we keep on changing managers. The same can't be said about Liverpool. So we paid the price of our constant hiring and firing of managers. Furthermore, I am not sure if Conte even got in contact with Van Dijk to persuade him to join us, like what Lampard did with Ziyech and Werner.

Allegri in line to replace Conte if he and Inter decide to part ways.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/frank-lampard-backs-youngster-billy-22337420 Lampard said Gilmour suffered a tear of his meniscus in his knee.

One hopes that maybe Gilmour and coaching staff thought it was just a minor knock and that he could continue playing. Otherwise, it's a serious negligence shown in this situation.

What anti-competitive laws are you talking about? I am no expert in law or the FFP but FFP is there to basically restrict clubs from spending money in uncontrollable manner (duh!) and ensure clubs spend within their means etc. Several clubs over the years have already been punished by UEFA for breaking the FFP rules. AC Milan got banned from Europe last year, for example. So, it's not like the FFP is just for show. Acquired legally or not, City tampered with their accounts to get around the FFP rules. If their ban gets overturned completely, hell is gonna come for UEFA.

Lampard's full quotes on Gilmour earlier today... https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jul/10/tammy-abraham-activates-one-year-chelsea-contract-extension

How many % of those people have been influenced by his recent form? Maybe I'm missing something here but how come a deal of 2 years + 1 year as an option has not been mentioned? If Willian does stay on, I'd wager if he might influence our transfer purchases *coughkaicoughhavertzcough* and may well block the path of CHO on that RW.

City may have a case in that the evidence was gathered illegally but can they prove what they did was within the rules? Would like to think when UEFA opened their investigation, they didn't just rely on the evidence from the hack. They would have done their investigation on City's finances etc to back them up. It will create a lot of problems for UEFA if City were not punished at all. What's then stopping other clubs from doing the same and using this case as a precedent to avoid being punished? At worst, they should get a 1 year ban plus whatever fine to their finance etc.

Just looked at the stats and on top of his Bundesliga record, he needs only 11 more goals to eclipse his overall goal tally for Dortmund. DORTMUND 127 games 19 goals (13 in league) 26 assists (18 in league) CHELSEA 29 games 9 goals (8 in league) 6 assists (2 in league)

https://www.espn.com/soccer/soccer-transfers/story/4131656/new-twist-in-thiago-to-liverpool-chelsea-look-to-land-rising-monaco-star According to ESPN, Zouma is likely be sold this summer and Mourinho is keen on signing him.

We still need to ******* win regardless. IF (the biggest IF possible!) everything goes our way (HA HA!), we could secure Champions League qualification by Monday morning.

The evidence may have been acquired via a hack but if City did break the rules, then they should still be punished regardless. If CAS overturn the ban completely, you'd imagine it will open a can of worms for UEFA to deal with as well as potential 'WTFs' from clubs.

Thanks for that, 3 days before we know the outcome.

All I see is from this...

Wonder if Lampard might switch to a back 3 to counter Sheffield's back 3...

No mention of it in the presser but yesterday's reports mentioned he suffered it in the Palace game. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jul/09/chelsea-fear-billy-gilmour-will-miss-rest-of-season-with-knee-injury

Kante not fit for this game. Kovacic is back in training, will be available for selection. Tomori is nearing full fitness but not quite ready for this game yet.