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Intrigued by the signing. The best attacker we've signed in a while bar Havertz. He's impressed mentally and seems to be able to handle the pressure of being a leading figure at a big club. He's had a leadership role in the England squad under Southgate, has experience playing in attacking systems and presses tirelessly off the ball. Tuchel will love him

Matt Law had reported yesterday about club looking to sign Koulibaly, Ake and Kimpembe

Gary Cahill is a free agent. Defensive crisis sorted

Fans took time to accept Fabregas and he became a fan-favorite by the end. And he was captaining a rival

Or save the cash. We no longer have limitless money. Will need to have funds for 2023 when Rice, Bellingham etc might be available.

Mount K2 is also one of the highest mountains in the world.

Ake Silva Koulibaly with Colwill Ampadu Trevoh as backups seems to be the plan. Colwill rotates with Ake, Koulibaly switches between the centre and RCB since Silva will be rotated.

Koulibaly instead of Ake would be ideal news.

The price will be similar to Raphinha.

Shame, thought the window cleared up for us to bid for De Ligt. Bayern going all out spending 75m on a defender is odd and I don't think anyone saw this coming.

There's no surprise they are going to Barca/Bayern though. Just need to react and sign only top players if they're available. Or else go into the season with Sterling, Ake and loan returnees and revisit in January after the World Cup or next summer when this board will have had time to settle.

Barca need to be investigated. How can they sign players while owing players their back pay, 17million to FDJ alone?

Good thing too that Callum has begun training way earlier than the rest and seems to have bulked up after sorting out his nerve/muscle issue which weirdly kept him out for months.

It's only the De Ligt alternatives. So far - Sterling in, Ake close. De Ligt, Raphinha in play. That's 4/6 of the targets 2 others will be back up keeper and backup wingback. Looks good to me.

https://theathletic.com/news/Chelsea-sterling-manchester-city-agreement/GXBzNPzD4vnx/ Deal worth £50 million

I appreciate the discussion on TC. My Twitter, WhatsApp is full of 'forget De Ligt. Let's get one of our own - Ake back'

and Broja?

Correct. Think we're in play and will know by the weekend

Barca have matched the Chelsea offer with add-ons.

Our man flew to Barcelona to discuss Marcos Alonso's future?

I don't understand Barca in this year's market at all. Is there any explanation given for why they are in the market for Kounde, Raphinha, Lewandowski. Its not like they have awful players - they do have Auba, Dembele who wants to re-sign, in the same positions, they signed Christensen too. Why are they not using the transfer fee money to instead pay their existing players?

What are your thoughts on Kimpembe? I think he's a good Rudiger replacement, the best among the left footed options. L'Equipe saying he might move is a good sign and Tuchel knows, appreciates him too