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Good money for a loan but still think unless we are getting a replacement, we could have kept him. Especially without obligation.  Would have preferred he stayed. Especially with all the games we have this season.

I dont understand why he is moving to arsenal when they already have their center back and even as a left back they have calafiori and skelly. Moving from a club as a key player to a club as a rotation player, playing specially in cups or when gabriel or saliba are out

Don’t think he’d struggle that much for playing time if Maresca is going to play 2 strikers frequently. 

As a few other have said, we may as well keep Jackson here if all we’re going to get is £12m and no obligation to buy.
Do we really need that £12m so badly? Especially if George goes too?

The state of these names being linked to us in these last days of the market are nothing short of unforgivable.
Have we even signed one established player this Summer? One player that truly elevates the squad to City or Liverpool levels? 
 
We have made good signings in Delap, Pedro and Hato but it’s not enough.
 
 

Napoli Benfica Barcelona Bayern Munich. We have all four of the knockout games from 2012 

WHAT???

If this price, that is a great deal. The kid has talent. 
 
 

Guys Gittens has played two games do you guys remember saying Cucurella was written off because of performances and fees now he’s our most consistent player .. Some of y’all need to chill 

Just keep Jackson. 
 
Reckon more often than not we will play with 2 strikers. 

50m for larsen this is hilarious

50m for larsen this is hilarious

And this against West Ham:

Also was MOTM few seasons ago when Brighton beat us 2-1 at the Bridge and he scored that rocket goal. He was brilliant that game.

Also was MOTM few seasons ago when Brighton beat us 2-1 at the Bridge and he scored that rocket goal. He was brilliant that game.

The UEFA squad rules are fucking absurd. We’ll have apparently made ~£250m in players sales once this Veiga deal goes through and that won’t do anything for us under these rules. What kind of bullshit is that?
We will have balanced the books better than any club in Europe and yet are in a bind and forced to sell before buying because we didn’t balance the books in one specific way that UEFA wants it done. It’s ridiculous.

Some Romano updates
Fabrizio Romano on Garnacho and Simons:
🗣 "From what I'm hearing, Chelsea believe that Garnacho has, first of all he has a lot of potential, can develop into a really, really important player.
“Garnacho turned 21 in July this year. He's still very young. So Chelsea see a value in him. Now we will see what's going to be the fee, if it's £30m, £35m, £40m.
"They [Chelsea] believe that this is a player probably worth a completely different amount of money.
“So Chelsea believe that this is a big, big opportunity on the market. They really like the player. They like his potential, and they are convinced in a different environment after difficult months at Manchester United, he can really turn into an important player, a key player for Enzo Maresca.
"For Xavi Simons, I would say that the deal is on a good way to happen. I expect the deal to happen also, because in this case, Simons has been very clear.
“There were several opportunities, but I can tell you, Xavi only wants to go to Chelsea. Xavi made clear to his family, his agents, all the people close to him several times, and also to all the other clubs interested. So Xavi is basically waiting for Chelsea.
"I maintain my position. Chelsea want to sell at least two players before bringing in Garnacho and Simons. These two players are Jackson and Nkunku.
“Simons keeps waiting for Chelsea, wants to go to Chelsea, believes that Chelsea is the perfect opportunity for him, and so he's patiently waiting. But I expect this deal to happen."

madness if we sell him for £25-27m or so
I truly want an answer as to why, when we are in desperate need of a left-footed CB, do we not use the lad, who looked really sold at Juve last season

Leeds United are the first Championship title holders to win their opening game back in the Premier League for SEVENTEEN years
 
✅ 2025: Leeds 1-0 Everton 
⏸️ 2024: Leicester 1-1 Spurs
❌ 2023: Burnley 0-3 Man City
⏸️ 2022: Fulham 2-2 Liverpool
❌ 2021: Norwich 0-3 Liverpool
❌ 2020: Liverpool 4-3 Leeds
❌ 2019: Liverpool 4-1 Norwich
⏸️ 2018: Wolves 2-2 Everton
❌ 2017: Newcastle 0-2 Spurs
❌ 2016: Burnley 0-1 Swansea
❌ 2015: Bournemouth 0-1 Villa
⏸️ 2014: Leicester 2-2 Everton
❌ 2013: West Ham 2-0 Cardiff
⏸️ 2012: Reading 1-1 Stoke City
❌ 2011: QPR 0-4 Bolton
❌ 2010: Man Utd 3-0 Newcastle
❌ 2009: Wolves 0-2 West Ham
❌ 2008: Arsenal 1-0 West Brom
✅ 2007: Sunderland 1-0 Spurs

Names of players have only been on the back of jerseys for 30 odd years,give them time to adjust..

It his hilarous how many pundits, commentators alike do still not know how to spell his name properly. It is SIMONS ffs lol.

It his hilarous how many pundits, commentators alike do still not know how to spell his name properly. It is SIMONS ffs lol.

It his hilarous how many pundits, commentators alike do still not know how to spell his name properly. It is SIMONS ffs lol.

The Veiga situation is so weird. We still don’t have any clue why he isn’t even being considered. Did he forever lose Maresca’s respect for demanding to leave in order to play CB?
It’s basically a Chelsea tradition at this point that if you’re a young player who has a successful loan you’re at least given a chance to make it here. Mount, Gallagher, Andrey Santos, Reece, Colwill etc.
Yet Veiga was apparently really solid at Juve and isn’t even being considered. If he’s good enough that the likes of Atleti were seriously considering him why isn’t he given a chance I wonder?

Diakite could register at an agency and moonlight as a Caecedo lookeylikey.