Strike

Time for Tuchel to do course correction here as this is one of the things he has ignored so far. Even Chalobah's integration was not a planned one. Livramento, Bate, Lamptey, Musiala left in recent years, Guehi, Tomori sold without buybacks. You can't keep them all but there needs to be a policy to integrate the top academy players with the squad.

Chelsea interested in Matthijs De Ligt and are monitoring what is happening with him. Contract till 2024 with 120m euros release clause. He's in talks to extend it with lower release clause or let the contract run into final year next summer.

Nkunku is the other winger option, a costly one.

Zinchenko in midfield. I would love it if we could get him from City. Cover for Chilwell and can play midfield.

Who's better among Dembele, Raphinha, Gnabry and Sterling?

Tier 5 source. Often rolls a dice

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/12/07/media-watch--james-father-main-goal-defender-nears-move-ex-player-column-title James’s father reveals his main Chelsea ambition Nigel James has said a major ambition of his son Reece is to become Chelsea captain one day.

Unbelievable that Gavi is 17. He's running the midfield in Spain v Portugal tonight. Any chance Barca mess up his renewal we should be all over him

Kinsella is also spelt wrong

Not one semi-credible source has reported

Should have expected that from him since it was Madrid that came calling and he wasn't the kind of character like Hazard to wait.

https://theathletic.com/3333034/2022/05/30/Chelsea-transfers-kounde-tuchel/ Recap of things we all kinda know Jules Kounde first signing, Gvardiol depends on outgoings, Colwill, Ampadu, Billy, Connor, Broja to be assessed in pre-season Kepa bid his goodbyes, Azpi didn't but could still leave Club wants Gabriel Slonina (18), Nathan Baxter maybe 2nd choice Tuchel wants RWB cover - Dujon Sterling, still monitoring Hakimi Tuchel wants Emerson to be Chilwell backup Ziyech, Werner, Lukaku exploring options. Lautaro Martinez and Nkunku name-dropped in attack. Ousmane can't be ruled out

Can we take a moment today for this RIP Liverpool quadruple 2022-2022

Unlucky. had to go for it

We dropped the ball on replacing him. Usually if RM comes calling, players go and he's proven to everyone making fun of him in England how good he is this season

Sign of a conservative strategy

Unlikely, unless Tuchel is genuinely interested in Barella/Bastoni

Source is tier 3 Spanish paper Mundo Deportivo which is pro-Barca but still unreliable for Barca news.

Time to sign him on Football Manager

True. I wonder if this means Ryan Sessegnon is available. They had Reguilon and Sessegnon for the left sided role. Plus there's Davies as a backup

Matt Law saying this is just fluff

Beginning to see Rudiger was the perfect transition captain to Mason/Reece