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Turning up Tuesday after squad flies out

No stay patient and when he runs out of options, he’ll take Saudi

Why? They've identified he's the best option. Haven't read anything indicating a collapse in talks or any other club interested. Arsenal, ManU and City have signed midfielders. Liverpool are not interested.

Inter have been dragging things for so long. Its only fair Lukaku assesses his options. It's a better deal for us too - 40m euros if Juve can sell Vlahovic. Hopefully PSG comes in for Vlahovic.

I would rather do this than go for Lautaro or Vlahovic.

Only time will tell but since it appears we are the only suitors, doesn’t it makesense to wait and negotiate than pay up the amount Brighton are asking?

He wasn't used but they had Kalvin Phillips too. Someone they paid 45m for

We've been here before. Dembele, Raphinha, De Ligt, Kounde I'm not considering Caicedo is done until there's confirmation

Looks like we are staying out of the forward and GK market this summer.

There was a hue and cry from Liverpool fans when Chelsea were selling to Saudi clubs. It seems Liverpool is coolly shipping off their midfield to Saudi

Tier 4. TalkSport is saying this

Veiga is 6’1 and looks more robust as a midfielder than Cherki. He’s cheaper too

There is no option I'd take a punt on in the market. I'm open to going into the season with what we have. We were at the same point before the Lukaku signing.

Pass. There’s a report that Kolo Muani would cost near 100m and his club anyway want to keep him till 2024 when he will play Euros alongside Mbappe and will likely increase his transfer fee.

This. Jackson has done well in the Spanish league and was triple the value of Fofana too. Jackson and Broja will both get a look-in.

Surprised at the lack of DM links after Ugarte. The club is reportedly looking at Caicedo and a creative CM - Veiga/Cherki I would think that the club would sign Lavia or Thuram if they missed out on Ugarte. They seem to be considering Caicedo as the DM or they're working quietly behind the scenes

I'd love to be able to buy it without the sponsors on the front. But looks like we have to wait till Aug 16

I don't think this is about squeezing Inter at all. Another club has made a bigger offer. We are asking Inter to match it. The club has been consistently sticking to valuations and have pinched a fair few million in the sales - the Mount, Havertz, Pulisic deals in particular.

I agree Colwill should be integrated into the squad but there's a lot of rewriting about his Brighton loan - he played just 12 league games in which he played 90 mins or close to 90 mins.

If one of the Real Madrid boys are available - Tchouameni or Valverde, they're targets too. There'll be competition but we're in the fight I think. We have French, Spanish speakers and they'd walk into our starting XI

There's plenty of options. Gabriel Veiga. Rumours that PSG were close to signing him turned out to be false. Race is still open. And there's Thuram, Kone, Lavia, Amrabat, Barella (tough pull). Only Rice has gone off the market.

We did sign Badiashile and this new board is capable of going out and signing a Gvardiol or another LCB at any moment. I think he's waiting to see how Poch sees him, uses him which is completely fair imo. Like Poch said in the presser, we have not yet done enough to win the trust yet