Strike

Hazard levels of dependency on Reece at the moment

Zero urgency, watching this you can't tell if we are chasing the win or not

Can't believe the intensity increased one notch and this team is incapable of putting together a decent 90 mins. This is still a relegation side

Was coming.

Matter of time we concede

Romano is saying 'deal is really advanced'

City snapped up the Argentine mid Benfica were looking to replace Enzo with. Does look like they're doing what they can to scuttle this Enzo deal

@Tomo's call at the start of the season - Haaland will score but City will regress - looking golden

Oh come on. United lead

Is it? I still think there is a deadlock and I am skeptic of Boehly-Eghbali being able to navigate this. Benfica have no choice but to sell if release clause is triggered. Chelsea won't trigger the clause (FFP, needs 120m to be given in one go). Benfica have enough reasons to reject a payment structure proposed by Chelsea (Champions League run, League title push, definite interest in the summer)

Is it financially possible to sign Enzo AND retain Kante, Jorgi - two of the highest paid players? I'm still not convinced by all the news that came in yesterday

They will try to do the same as the Nkunku deal - offer more than release clause but on better payment terms.

Madrid, Pool fixated on Jude Bellingham (Fabrizio on Caughtoffside). Barca, City stocked with mids. Looking at the moment like Chelsea might be the only ones in the queue in January.

The fee might look huge but we miss out on him and there's a big chance we end up with Rice for a ~80m fee.

How to tide over another month without Reece? With Reece this season P8 W6 D1 L1 Without Reece this season P7 W1 D2 L4 Even the only win (vs Villa) was with a monster Kepa performance

We have just 3 - Kante, Kova, Jorgi - with one of them perma-injured. Carney and Gallagher are not DMs. RLC and Zakaria are squad players at best for me. We needed a DM in the summer and we need a DM now to walk into the XI

Is any reliable source saying Enzo to Chelsea?

He's walking at least. Hope

The happiness lasted fifty minutes 😕

Denis Zakaria has a solid half.

Koulibaly so shaky under pressure there. He should be the one replaced by the Monaco defender we are signing

Players should just play on expecting they won't get decisions like that shirt pull in the box just now

Another W for the Vesper scouting network