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I really don't understand why people keep on saying or implying that things will be fine as long as we get that one clinical fisher. Sure, it will help but if the others aren't scoring enough, then we won't get anywhere, certainly not in the league. Literally everyone bar Abraham last season underperformed their xG last season. Never mind the other teams, whenever we were successful in the past, it was because we had a number of players (at least 3-4) contributing a good number of goals. If we want to do something useful next season, we're gonna need those players to at least match their xG or outperform it. On a side note, while this was in slightly different PL times, it's incredible that Mourinho managed to get us challenge for the title and just missed out narrowly back in 2013/14 when we also didn't have a consistent goalscorer back then.

The irony of complaining about the board not backing Tuchel after the CL win is that Tuchel himself is reportedly calm about the situation and hasn't used that CL win to demand things from the board.

Move to Southampton confirmed.

If Gundogan can do it, then why not someone like Jorginho? lol Jokes aside, Gundogan's return of 17 goals last season feels like an anomaly considering he's never scored more than 6 goals in a season before last term.

Isn't he more of a second ST, which we already got anyway?

This article agrees with you...

Everyone's favorite Sky Sports reporter Kaveh Solhekol said the club are beginning to look at other alternatives with deals for Haaland and Lukaku looking tough to make happen now.

Romano just said again that Inter have no intention to sell Lukaku, who is also happy at the club, on his Twitch stream.

Since the Lukaku stories are popping up again, where are the Belgians here? 😆

Summary of what Matt Law said for anyone interested: - Lukaku back on top of the wanted list of STs with Dortmund showing no sign of budging on Haaland - Club are ready to make an official bid for Kounde but want to sell a CB first with Zouma the likeliest to leave - Club willing to listen to offers for Abraham, Loftus-Cheek, Alonso and CHO (The Secret Scout said CHO isn't for sale. So take your side on that one) - Tuchel is believed to be relaxed about the club's transfer activity and has not used the CL win as an attempt to leverage more power or transfer funds from the club - Lukaku and Inter have said he will stay in Milan but the club not deterred from trying to make a deal happen as Inter have financial difficulties - Inter's asking price for Lukaku is currently well above what the club would be prepared to pay for him (no mention of the price) - Lukaku will not push for a move. Inzaghi has been consulting Lukaku over Inter's transfer plans and his expectations for the new season, which has been welcomed by the player - If Inter do not budge, then Tuchel hasn't ruled out the prospect of starting the season with Havertz and Werner as his first-choice strikers - Arsenal interested in signing Abraham. Club also braced for a bid from Aston Villa should Grealish move to Man City - CHO faces uncertain future this month with the club willing to sell but his £120k p/w wages means only a handful of clubs could afford to make a meaningful offer for him - Loftus-Cheek ideally wants to stay this season but a move, either permanently or another loan, looks more likely at the moment - Alonso, Barkley, Zappacosta, Batshuayi, Kenedy, Drinkwater, Bakayoko, Baba Rahman are, among others, players the club are willing to sell or loan out this month

Someone at the club has been busy, leaking the info to all these Lukaku stories...

Is that a reliable source? Based on how they reported that, it kinda tallies with the previous report from The Athletic that Tuchel also has Kalajdzic as a potential target, a striker/forward that is different from what we already got.

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By that you mean the media? Their CEO, outgoing sporting director and incoming sporting director have said many times that Haaland is not for sale and if what Simon Johnson said is true, then it seems like club have moved on from him to Lukaku, with two bids apparently submitted and rejected all while the others seem clueless about this and were fanning the same Haaland stories for weeks to get clicks etc.

Hmmm. Wonder if Tuchel will try to squeeze those lads in on Wednesday, even though it's probably unlikely.

Just curious, any idea when Ben White returned? Wasn't expecting him to play yesterday but he did.

Seems unlikely that they will feature against Spurs, leaving them without a pre-season game to play before the Super Cup next week.

According to this from The Athletic on Lukaku... https://theathletic.com/2744923/2021/08/02/Chelsea-havent-given-up-on-return-for-romelu-lukaku/ - The club have made two bids for Lukaku so far, showing the strong signal of intent and an indication of where the club now see the chances of getting Haaland - Indications at the moment are that the club haven't given up but a deal will be difficult to complete at this point of the transfer window - Lukaku is genuinely happy at Inter and in Serie A, where he feels more appreciated than he did in the Premier League - The departure of Conte hasn't unsettled Lukaku, nor the possible sale of strike partner Martinez - If there is one club he would move back to England for, it would be Chelsea but the urge is not as strong as it was in 2017 - Club still feel they have a chance of making this happen because Inter still have issues financially - Lukaku won't push for a move back to London. Up to the club to persuade Inter to sell - One source in Italy feels Inter will sign Duvan Zapata to replace Lukaku while another source says Lukaku will stay with Martinez making way instead - It will be difficult for Inter to cash in on Lukaku, who has said he wants to stay, knowing the fans won't be in a forgiving mood - Don't be surprised if the club make a 3rd attempt for Lukaku