Strike

Maresca decisions have been questionable after a good start and his personality puts me off. Imo he comes off has grumpy/holier than thou without having the results in the game to warrant that kind of treatment. Continue with him next season but keep plans in place for a future manager

Just thinking the way the results have fallen I hope Villa are forced to sell Morgan Rogers.

After it became clear Villa and Newcastle were losing, I wouldn’t have minded a Forest equalizer

I was thinking this too but it is so important though. We have the budget to build a squad for the Champions league and the league and Maresca or not, it is where the club needs to be right now

Garnacho is a decent ball-carrying midfielder. But I'd try to go all out and sign Rogers + a striker in his prime - Gyokeres or Isak Villa do need to make sales for PSR reasons

If that is the case, does Gyokeres have another big club that might sign him? Wouldn't want to lose out and have to look at a young striker like Delap/Ekitike

Kepa, Sterling, Broja, KDH, Carney, Ugo, Badiashile, Deivid, DD Fofana - plenty of dead wood cluttered around the club.

Looking like 1 of Sesko or Gyokeres will be the one to target Arsenal seem to like Sesko more according to reports.

We will have the same striker depth problems if Joao Pedro is the striker we are getting in the summer. Does the club know we have Nkunku Felix Sterling etc to ship still ? Hopefully this story turns out to be bogus

Typical unnecessary signing looks like. This will be another long summer

Even with Enzo around, the team looked like it was missing that midfielder who links the midfield and attack, and is extremely good in doing pass sequences that help get through low blocks - Odegaard/ KDB/ Kroos kind of midfielder. Worth going into the market for one regardless of Enzo's situation

Liverpool knew how to use him. He fits that RF role he plays there. Our style of play wouldn't suit him so well

I am yet to read Petrovic is capable with his feet which is the reason preventing him from being in the discussion for a #1 role

Or we can't sell Kepa and we end up with Kepa and Sanchez

Liverpool and City are moving quick in the market. Even Arsenal signed Zubimendi. We might be waiting to confirm if we have UCL

Even without UCL, serious players have come here - Caicedo for example. Would help no doubt but it is possible to challenge in the market because a first-team role at Chelsea is still desirable and English club budget is far higher than some leagues.

Osimhen is 26 and the data for him is in his prime years unlike guys like Sesko. His best season was also in Turkey, which is worse than the Portuguese league. Gyokeres and Sesko look like they'll be cheaper than Osimhen and will ask for much lesser wages too Delap, Ekitike, Cunha are all going to be much more affordable than Osimhen. For the fee + wages, I'd want a sure-fire top striker and not someone who has a lot of doubts around him. I'd be happy spending that kind of money on Isak for example.

Both are on the move. I'd get one of these two locked up and then find the CB

Can't be hanging on results elsewhere. As long as we don't concede early, the mistakes will come I feel

They have been in really bad form in the last couple of months. I think we can turn them over next week

If Forest win, it could play into our hands since they’ll need to go for the win

Rather keep Jackson around as backup instead of making 2 new signings up front

Stay clear of Osimhen. So many better strikers could move this summer - Gyokeres, Isak, Ekitike, Alvarez, Joao Pedro, Cunha, David, Delap, Sesko. Osimhen had very few good seasons at the top level, why is he worth big fee + huge wages again?

Links to Garnacho, Mainoo, Brathwaite, Adeyemi worry me. Doesn't seem like the club is going to get a serious CB and a forward with the consistent links to Huijsen, Hato and several other youngsters.