Strike

Yup. He forced his way to Barcelona who were pulling imaginary levers

Anyone but Arsenal

BlueCo did try their best to sign Raphinha and Dembele.

Look at these wingers. Meanwhile, we are starting Sancho

There are rumors of Emi Martinez and Leon Bailey targeted by Saudi. Like how they managed to flip Moussa Diaby for good money. They might not be open to a move for long if the Saudi's help them out again

Dodgy source but I'd go for him this summer if it is doable

Total of 33 mins on the pitch in their league win

and they signed no one last summer - when they didn't need to. Keep the powder dry for when there's a player they really like on the market. Every summer it feels like BlueCo has data guys putting out pie charts and bar graphs of the best young defender/midfielder/winger and then make bids for 25 players convinced they are all upgrades. Just last summer - Sancho, Felix, Jorgensen, Tosin, Omari, KDH, Wiley- what a waste of a summer. None of them are going to be around soon and we are making a loss on almost all of them except Tosin

It was the wrong call to give them big wages. It was the right call to axe them and change our operation. We have a decent core despite BlueCo's horror business - James, Cucu, Caicedo, Enzo, Palmer, Neto, Jackson are people I'd be happy to build around. Just get a GK, 2 CBs and a couple of attackers who can finish. Many of the rumors I'm hearing about the upcoming summer are sounding good to me - links to Huijsen, Guehi, Gyokeres/Delap/Sesko + Estevao Willian joining.

Read one report which said club is considering retaining 2 of Kepa Sanchez Jorgensen Penders and Petrovic and not get anyone in.

SKY has poured cold water on the Chelsea-Huijsen links saying the race is still open, Chelsea not particularly ahead.

Sign Huijsen and one more CB with experience since the entire backline can go - Fofana/Badiashile/Chalobah

So many good GKs we passed up on because this board was convinced of its scouting. Petrovic, Sanchez, Jorgensen - how can you have 3 attempts and not land anyone remotely solid? Especially when Costa, Marmadashvili, Raya etc were on the market. I hope they send Penders on loan to Strasbourg and sign a good GK finally.

Rare occasion Eghbali/Boehly connections may actually be useful Many agents have done a number of them and got them to do completely unnecessary deals. Recent report showed Chelsea paid 60m in agent fees, comfortably higher than any other club in the last few years. Have fuck all to show for it

Caicedo available

Hold on now. Sensible 2 mins

Bang! We are getting 3 points here

The ref stopping play at a Chelsea advantage ffs

I thought there was a 32-game cutoff for the yellow card suspensions to apply? Hoping the comms team got this wrong

Caicedo to miss Everton and Liverpool games

3 points away from 5th. Unbelievable they're on the beach

Yeah. This is not just a case of players not being good enough. This is also an unhappy dressing room

Don't know about Jesus Rodriguez but other 3 are good youngsters. Also, would love Morgan Rogers. Should have swapped Maatsen for Rogers last summer instead of buying a total unknown in Omari Kellyman. He'd go straight into the XI here as one of the attacking mids.

Crazy, we seem to be out of the conversation altogether for the very top targets : Gyokeres, Sesko, Isak We are predictably fighting for more youngsters Rutter, Delap, won't be surprised if Samu Omorodion is still on their lists. I think the boards needs to break its youngsters-only rule and look at the market for senior players (Ollie Watkins, ) who would be a good pickup at this point and complement the younger legs around him.