With the paper talk of Keita to Liverpool for £70M I think we did a good job here. Bakayoko + Kante for the same price as Keita? I'm pretty sure we won that.
OMG. Forgetting the targets for now. Can we get Conte to agree to an extension before Milan get him too?
On another note: Does Milan's interest in Morata mean that Belotti could be on his way here?
No. I mean this:
There is usually a green "unread" button before the 1st page of the thread link. It used to just take you to the first unread post of the thread.
OMG. Gazzump this. Whatever Milan have agreed, just come over the top of it. No release clause for Italian teams, so the fee should be lower than the 100M Euro.
So, Chalobah and Matic out. Bakayoko in. Okay, but I thought we needed more depth for next season.
I know there's a lot of time left, but I haven't seen us linked with any other midfielders.
His fee was ridiculous when we enquired last year. Maybe that's what's taking us so long with the transfers. We need a club outside of England to negotiate a fee. We pay a little more instead of starting the enquiry and paying double.
Need a club to start negotiations for Belotti. 50M instead of 80M
Hope he's wrong about Conte going to AC Milan, though he makes a lot of sense. Someone send this video to Roman, please.
Also: Doesn't want to raise his voice in public, but no qualms about dropping F-Bombs while holding an infant.
I'd rather keep him and sell Matic.
I'm not a Matic hater like a lot of people here. I think he was instrumental to both titles in the past 3 years. I actually like Matic (though I do see his limitations).
However, if one has to go, it should be Matic.
Conte should go. He deserves to work with professionals.
Besides the failed transfers: Where's the new contract for Courtois? I know where the new contract for Conte is: He's holding on to it while trying to figure out just how incompetent his co-workers are.
There's no way we'd get Keita Balde. Don't have time to do that deal anymore. It takes us months. July 1st is the opening of the window for everyone else. It's our deadline day to get it all done in time.
This is so ridiculous. Fee agreed with club. Contract agreed with player. No medical yet? Suppose it's too far from Monaco to London? Could have walked there by now. So stupid.