Strike

previous one must have been Louis Saha vs Chelsea and Everton went on to lose that one

Gift of a pen

Brighton will want to get Colwill in the Caicedo talks. We must find a way around this.

The main case for offloading Koulibaly is wages. Highest earning CBs in the league Varane 340k/w Koulibaly 295k/w Stones 250k/w Van Dijk 220k/w W Fofana 200k/w So many mad decisions in the Todd Boehly summer but this one is near the top of the list.

Don't mind Trevoh staying. Shift Koulibaly out or send him on loan. Silva Fofana Badiashile Colwill Chalobah is good enough for the season.

Many sources say he's off.

I think if Karim does go, then Real will turn to Kane

Looking like Rice to Arsenal, Kone and MacAllister to Liverpool.

Reg : Mount. It will sting but I will still be very glad we didn't make him a top wage bracket player here.

There is no other option. There are a short list of clubs in Europe who will pay the fee we want and could be an attractive proposition- Atleti (bailed us out with Morata), Bayern (may do only with Havertz) and perhaps PSG. The rest are the English clubs.

It was the right call. Getting him on loan can still be done later in the window. There is no real interest in Felix. But now we need to trim the squad from 31 to 19/20 - if we are to add 3-4 players

Reports that the gap in salary is 2.6m per year. PSG have also said they will pay the transfer fee in fewer installments than Chelsea

Fabrizio yesterday saying Caicedo is still in Chelsea’s list and he expects a big revolution in midfield. If Kante and Kova both go I can see Ugarte and Caicedo being signed as the replacements.

Speaks volumes about the levels of the players we signed from 2019 onwards.

RLC close to agreement with AC Milan

I doubt it - Lukaku himself pushing heavily to stay on at Inter. I don't see Lukaku being at the club next season. The market is thin for a top striker but I would rather roll with Nkunku, Havertz than have Lukaku around again

Good call from Poch. Some 12 players need to go before we think of the signings.

Record saying Chelsea have matched the release clause and made an offer

Record saying Ugarte prefers Chelsea. Club offering around the release clause + DD Fofana on loan

De Zerbi has confirmed Caicedo is leaving Brighton

with all the HG players leaving I think we need to retain Colwill We can have 17 non-HG players + there's Reece, Chilly, Sterling, Colwill, Bettinelli, Hall, whoever else stays