Strike

Smart from Ethan to try and fight for a place in an inconsistent position in the squad. Could always go on loan at the end of the window if it has to come to that

Who will buy him?

I think this is Lampard's assessment of the CB situation as well.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12050822/kai-havertz-chelsea-and-bayer-leverkusen-apart-on-valuation-ben-chilwell-deal-close-the-insider Sky's Kaveh Solhekol saying a Chilwell deal is close.

Yes but not like any alternative is defensively solid apart from maybe Alaba who is out of reach.

Yes, completely schooled AWB. He should be the left-back signing and that would allow the club to get in a centre-back, GK on top of Havertz

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8631625/Chelsea-set-beat-Tottenham-40m-race-Brighton-defender-Lewis-Dunk.html And Daily Fail now. I hope this is not true. Just don't buy anyone if there's no serious upgrade available!

Lol citeh

They said the same things when Luiz joined but that talk died out immediately when the season began. Willian may not struggle as much as Luiz did but it is still a good move on Chelsea's part to move him on even if its to a rival

Has a release clause which activates next summer if I remember correctly

Impossible. Ziyech and Werner is too big of a headstart to fuck up window

Muttiah Muralitharan

Oh dear. This is the way we go then. Hoping 50 m + sweeteners like Barkley will do it

He's playing in the Europa League. Plays Wolves tonight. Also, new Tagliafico link dropped by Sky yesterday. Worded carefully - "Chelsea have expressed an interest in signing Tagliafico" I think Chelsea is giving an ultimatum to Leicester to reduce the price or else club will sign one of the alternatives

VAR still takes ages to overturn a ref's call

Aaa forgot about this thread. Decent touches from Havertz so far.

Agent Conte

I still think its Dortmund saying pay or GTFO Up to United if they want to blow their budget on Sancho. Thankful that Chelsea had the foresight to stay out of this (I remember lot of us were excited that he is a Chelsea fan, was friends with Tammy)

'HAVERTZ WILL MOVE TO CHELSEA PRETTY SOON' Bayer Leverkusen's Germany midfielder Kai Havertz will move to Chelsea following the conclusion of the Bundesliga club's Europa League campaign, according to Sky Sports News reporter Kaveh Solhekol.

https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/xavier-mbuyamba-new-van-dijk-heading-to-chelsea-after/epn4xlerozcx1mv06c3o0lsmu Xavier Mbuyamba heading to Chelsea after Barcelona exit. Source: Nizaar Kinsella, Goal

Yeah, it would be ideal if he stayed at Brighton for another year and get consistent top flight football

Playing 30-40 games for Norwich is better than 20 for Fulham I think even if it is a level below. Especially when he's basically spent a season on the bench (Damn that stupid loan to Leipzig )

There's hardly a clamour among the fanbase asking for him to be retained. Tells you everything really. We could have got something out of him for half of next season but three years was too much and the board should be commended for sticking to its stance. We can replace Willian with a willing squad player

The rumors of going for alternatives at leftback could be true after all if we are actually negotiating for Rice and Ben White. These two will cost 80m+ easily