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To be fair, with the inflated market, it's highly unlikely that clubs - especially PL clubs - will get players - be it starters or backups - on the cheap anymore. If he has 1-2 years left on this contract, then you might get him for a low price but otherwise, you are probably looking at having to pay 20-30m at the very least to sign one.

I can understand why people would want Luiz back but at the same time, I can't understand it either. People seem to have forgotten that's he incredibly error prone player and tends to make plenty of boneheaded mistakes and got slaughtered for them by many of us. IF Conte intends to use him in midfield, then this might be a decent deal. But if it's in defence, then maybe not. The only thing that's making this tempting is the price quoted, assuming Daily Mail isn't talking BS to begin with.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/aug/30/chelsea-marcos-alonso-fiorentina-signing

English translation - PAY MORE MONEY!

Yeah but he featured regularly for Spain's youth sides before getting the senior call-up. The same can't be said about Alonso.

I was responding to Balague's words!

But at least Azpi has played for Spain...16 times!

Yeah but at least he's won more caps than Alonso. 16 to 0.

If he is as good as Balague makes him out to be, then why hasn't he gotten a single cap for Spain?

Don't jinx it mate. We haven't really had a winter slump for some time now.

You know it's BS when rumours have the 'Player X will sign in next X hours/days' in them

Sean Dyche already confirmed on Saturday the loan will happen.

He's starting for Fiorentina against Chievo. Kick off at 7:45pm UK time

@Fernando right now...

Another striker coming in? #HopefulWish

Not liking that this will be the only PL game on Sunday and we'll be playing after the others.

Swansea vs Chelsea PRE-MATCH DISCUSSION AND LIVE CHAT 2016/17 Premier League Match 4 11th September, Sunday, 2016 Liberty Stadium 16:00 Kick Off (UK time)

Swansea 2-2 Chelsea POST-MATCH DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS 2016/17 Premier League Match 4 11th September, Sunday, 2016 Liberty Stadium 16:00 Kick Off (UK time)

Good performance. Good win. Clean sheet (FINALLY!!!). Top of the table. Perfect.

If we want to, we can easily have a clause in his contract that allows to buy during his loan spell. That being said, given this pops up just days before the end of the transfer window, it's unlikely Alonso's a high priority in Conte's list. If he was, he would have been brought in by now. Getting him on loan is arguably for the best. At least we won't have to sit here and moan about having another Papy/Miazga/Baba while having trouble selling him and sending him out on a journey around Europe!

This is just . If we buy him, people will moan that we are wasting money and getting another panic buy. If we sign him on loan, people will also moan even if there's less risk in doing so. Since we are in the situation where we can no longer get our first choice transfer targets, signing someone decent on loan is hardly the worst idea out there. At least we know the club will go out and spend at a later time, be it in January or next summer.

Nearly a month on and I still can't believe Martinez got the Belgium job! Were there no one else interested in this?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/aug/26/antonio-conte-chelsea-kalidou-koulibaly-alessio-romagnoli?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter