Sideshow Luiz

If they are going to pinch pennies, the cheapest option is to keep Conte. But, they've gone too far down the road and fucked themselves. Imagine Conte's first press conference? I'd almost like to see him stay just to hear the amount of abuse he hurls at the board. So, it's going to cost the club anyway, just get the one you actually want. This is so ridiculous. Spend 40M on Drinkwater, then sit here and let your number 1 managerial target get away over a few million. FFS.

We wouldn't spend 60M on him, would rather spend 50M on Shelvey.

Sure. But, he's leaving anyway. Either we sell him, or he leaves on a free.

Get a technical director or sporting or whatever you want to call it. This club is so fucked right now. Less organized than a Sunday league side.

Exactly. Complete fucking mess. How hard are you expecting Conte to work next season, knowing it's his last, and you tried to replace him. That's not going to happen, so instead of paying 8M for the manager we want, we're willing to take any old warm body because they're free. FFS.

You'd think that September/October would be a good time to go. Surely, this is the busiest period for someone in charge of getting hirings done.

100% No "big" clubs really need a keeper. But, I don't even care what we get for him because he's gone on a free next summer anyway. Sell him to Getafe for 10M for all I care.

Sorry, I have to say 3 or 4 Haven't clarified our manager situation, and the options are very different (Sarri vs. Conte). WC starts soon, short window, no director of football. We've shown no semblance of having a plan, let alone implementing it. Hope I'm wrong.

I have to believe that there's been a plan in place with Sarri all along. We knew about his release clause. Napoli went and got a replacement, already. There's no way that Carlo takes that job with the caveat "there' may be a second guy here doing your job". Everyone knew that the clause expired yesterday. I'm expecting an agreement or resignation soon. Please Chelsea, don't sink to new depths of incompetence.

He did, up until today. That's a release clause. Now that the clause is no longer in effect, we'll see what it's going to cost for him to resign.

8M euros. We'll see what happens tomorrow after the clause expires.

I log on, hope to find updates. See nothing. Why do I do this to myself? I would like to have Sarri, but if it's not going to happen, they need to just stop looking around and realise that Conte will be the coach next season. Then either, get him what he wants, or be prepared for a season of moaning (assuming he doesn't walk out right before the season starts).

Just go, and take the bullshit with you. The only hope I have is that he actually goes this summer instead of running down his contract and going for free. If this was his plan, then he's done so to fuck the club.

If it's not worth doing at the last minute, it's not worth doing at all.

I'm more of a robot man, myself

Decided to go with a better gif instead of the correct shirt.

Then why don't they just accept 3.5 now? This is ridiculous. Feels like 2 bald men fighting over a comb.

Yeah, I see that, and they could do that. But, money talks. If we had offered more than Utd for Lukaku, I'm sure he'd be with us.

I'm not sure how they could be more hard-assed than they already are.

It looks like resignation after the clause expires. In other news, Liverpool have quite the midfield there. Losing Can, but adding Fabinho and Keita. Those 2 with Henderson can cover a lot of ground. Ox for depth.

It means he can come in to the UK for 6 months, but can't work.

Just pay it, FFS.

Fixed

I think this is it. ADL is probably negotiating, and we're saying take this, or nothing next week. I was going to say that we probably have a policy about managers over 60, and have only now realised his age.