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Baba Rahman has to be on the bench at the very least. We are already going to play with our 3 available CBs and should one get injured or sent off (touch wood), then there's going to be a reshuffle in defence and we would need Rahman.

Exactly. Saying it is one thing. Doing it is another.

Still waiting for Everton to officially reject the transfer request...

It's Mourinho. What do you expect? He says one thing and then does another all the time.

Think the Man City game two weeks ago have shown we've still got problems against the big teams. Don't need a group of death to show/prove it.

Nothing. I'm just shocked.

Alexandra, did you write the entire thing?

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Some people must have a death wish or something if they want to get Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid in the group stage. Those ties can wait till the knockout stages.

Can forget about selling to Spurs after what happened with Modric...unless they are crazy enough to offer 30m+. That said, it doesn't matter anyway since they are going to sign Son Heung-min from Leverkusen.

But the big clubs will also get that kind of money. If you want big pay AND a chance to win major trophies, you won't go to Everton. At the end of the day, teams like Chelsea, Man United, Man City, Arsenal etc will still be able to offer more than the lesser clubs to players.

OR it could be just a ploy to get more $$$$$. Find it funny that Everton are so adamant on not selling Stones when they have sold key players in the past. They might be able to keep Stones in this window, but it's unlikely they will be able to do that in the future because whatever they perceive themselves to be, they aren't in a position to keep hold of the best players for long.

So, it's morning now. Have Everton rejected the transfer request yet...?

@RhesusReus, @iseah100, don't need to get all personal here. Keep the discussion on track please...

http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/08/cup-date-announced.html The Walsall tie will be played on September 23, Wednesday - in between the Arsenal and Newcastle league matches.

OR he does but is being too professional to really force the move.

You can't expect him to know that a big club would come chasing after him when he signed that contract and on top of that, contract means nothing these days. Players can sign a new one and leave weeks/months later.

I wasn't talking about Martinez.....

Where's Jorge Mendes when you need him?!

One question.......WHY HASN'T ANY MEDIA OUTLET DONE AN INTERVIEW WITH HIM?! There's not even one like after post-match or something!

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I'm not exactly saying he should be like Sterling 100% but certainly cause a bit more fuss than what he's doing right now.

But the point is, Stones isn't exactly causing any fuss now. If he does what Sterling did, Everton would be forced to sell him because I doubt they would want an unhappy player disrupting the dressing room, regardless of that 4-year contract.

He needs to do what Sterling did. Use his agent to cause chaos at Everton.

Didn't watch the League Cup tie but read that Stones did what appeared to be a goodbye wave to the Everton fans after the match. True?