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But how strong were the rumours? They practically spent the entire transfer window trying to get Coutinho, even after signing Dembele. The only club that got as far as the transfer fee were Roma.

I get what you're saying but it's not all about Bakayoko, is it?

Made 2 good saves to deny Austin today but probably won't get praised because he's not De Gea and doesn't 'make' saves.

Chelsea 2-1 Bournemouth PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS 2017/18 Carabao Cup Quarter Finals 20th December, Wednesdayy, 2017 Stamford Bridge 19:45 Kick Off (UK time)

Yeah...but it's also the same team that only lost to a last minute goal at Man City.

Speaks volume that only Roma and Arsenal (?) were genuinely the only clubs who were interested to sign in previous transfer window. Didn't see the likes of Bayern, Juventus, Barcelona, Man City, Man Utd targeting him.

Good win. Decent performance. Really though, for all the good stuff we play going forward, we're really, really shit when it comes to finishing. This is our 3rd 1-0 home win in the last 5 league games.

So 100% intentional. Morata should have taken one as well.

This might be unpopular opinion but our 2009/10 side is overrated. Sure, we won our first league-FA Cup double and scored tons of goals but that side had a number of shockers along the way and the goals scored record shouldn't hide the fact that we did it because of 4 games between Jan and May 2010. Mourinho's first side 12-13 years ago was far more accomplished than the 2009/10 version.

So? We have kept players over 30 in the past. Need experience as much as quality in the squad. Plus as alluded to earlier, it would be foolish to expect the board to buy players for first XI AND backups in the same transfer window.

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11706/11171473/exclusive-wilfried-zaha-and-ruben-loftus-cheek-answer-crystal-palace-fans-questions Dear oh dear.

Worth noting that Rudiger, Morata and Alonso are on 4 yellow cards. If there is a timely game to pick up the 5th, this is it and then serve the suspension in the midweek League Cup game.

Another Chelsea Film, this time on Azpi.

Luiz is still out, mind.

It's quite an insult to put Marcotti in the same bracket as Balague. You don't see the former going about spouting transfer rumours like the latter as if they are going to happen, only to see those attempts backfired later on. And if you have actually read what Marcotti said or even watched the video, you would know he didn't explicitly say Conte won't go for Sandro. He merely gave his opinion that no one will pay 60-70 million for him on the basis of how he has performed this season.

Not sure if the club would be too keen to deal with Mino Raiola again after what happened with Lukaku in the summer. Plus, Donnarumma is apparently on a 180k per week wages right now, which is kinda ridiculous considering he's only 18 years old regardless of his talent.

Would argue that the Premier League is just as big as the Champions League, if not even bigger, given the money involved and most countries around the world have access to it. Azpi isn't getting as much recognition as he should because he's not a flashy player, doesn't do anything outrageous to stand out (in a good way) and he plays for Chelsea FC. Put him at United and you'll be hearing pundits, journalists etc calling him the best defender in the world.

If we have to sell them, then I would ditch Willian and keep Pedro. Think Willian has run his course at the club but not Pedro. Still think he, with his skill set, has something to offer this side. On a different note, we'll be lucky to even have a deep quality in the squad like City. Our transfer businesses in the last couple of years have been to replace players rather than add onto them.

Pedro...always...a...rotational player...Barca? That only happened after Guardiola left the club and he left them because he couldn't play week in week out.

This.

Alvaro Morata is watching Chelsea highlights of Didier Drogba at home to become a better striker He knows and yet, he keeps falling over every single time.

Why do that? Will end up having the same situation as now. Decent first team options but no back ups.

Liverpool and Arsenal both dropped points. Only Spurs won and they have City at the weekend. We have that tiny 4-point gap again.