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I don't think so. If its a loan deal 10 teams sounds about right for a CM of his pedigree. Love the avatar btw!

He's Chels

His demeanour reminds me of Mata. Chelsea fans are gonna love this guy... Infectious personality and driven to win

Jeremie Boga....

Saw Don Balon in his credentials and stopped reading...

What he showed today that I never thought he was capable of was EXCELLENT link up play and an above average ability to hold up the ball. Took me by surprise!

I don't agree. I would take Mendy at Chelsea right now. Walker gets that fee because he's homegrown

Its a position of interest all over Europe.

We'll soon see I suppose. We haven't really been closely linked.

Pretty much what I expected to happen. If we're in for him you will hear something now.

homegrown, covers loads of positions. Perfect squad player if you ask me.

Milka + Oron =

No, I believe Madrid did not want to sell Morata to Utd because of the De Gea dealings so they moved onto Lukaku. How does bidding for Lukaku drop the price for Morata? If anything the price should go up since we are more desperate given we lost out on a target. I'm not disappointed with the acquisition given the fee but I doubt he was our consensus no.1 target. We had a list of suitable strikers and he was on it... The amount we got him for made it a no brainer. Remember Lukaku is homegrown and we desperately need homegrown talent, its probably why we went in for him first. I do think Conte wanted Morata but I also believe the club wanted Lukaku and these decisions are taken by committee. In the end it doesn't matter, both will have loads to prove and for Alvaro's price tag he should have less burden.

What do you expect him to say? I mean the fact that we bid for Lukaku should be a strong indication we were in for him

LOL... David Luiz??? Just a thought.

By the looks of things he will be starting on Saturday... Big!

Less than we sold Oscar for... Let that soak in.

I wasn't completely sold on Morata for the extortionist prices Real were asking, at £58m +add-ons this looks like a very good deal. He can come in and not feel the weight of having to fulfill a extremely heavy price tag, in a World Cup year he will be determined to perform as well. If he hits the ground running this will be a real coup, if we have to wait for him to start producing it will be hard. Expectations haven't changed for the club so he has to hit lofty heights.

We've always been closely linked to Morata.

If this is truly who Conte wants I'm 100% on board, he's earned the right to work with whoever he wants. Gonna need another striker as well... Llorente makes the most sense.

A bargain? Where do you shop?

Ronaldo is being transitioned to striker

We're not at the point to worry about about re-selling, what we need to do is solidify a deal. There is no room left for hymning and hawing, just get the guy who Conte wants and deal with the circumstances later. At any rate, what I think is happening is we don't want to be the ones to make the first bid. We want Milan to decide the fee and we swoop in with a bigger offer in the 11th hour. As soon as Chelsea make a bid the valuation for a player goes way high... Bonucci went to a direct rival for a fraction of what we were offering.

PLEASE lock this up... This thread has become tiresome.

This is such Red Herring.... We're only leaking this story so we have more leverage in other targets. Aguero will not be at the Bridge next season book it.