Magic Lamps

That's maybe the dumbest goalkeeper error I have ever seen. He tips it over himself on towards goal. Completely undangerous. A good goalie caches that and a bad ones just lets it pass and it goes out for a goalkick. NO idea what he even was trying to do, tipping it behind himself is never a good idea

I read that we did not even get a fee for him? is that correct? horrible business if true. Could have been useful. What I regret a bit is that we almost never used a Kante-Jorginho-Fabregas midfield from beginning. I loved how Fabregas and Jorginho controleld those pre-season games effortlessly and providing dangerous passes too. Add N'golo's legs and that is almost a complete midfield. Especially in all those games where we dominated the shit but could not score, Cesc always came on too late to make an imapct. I never was a big fan of Cesc. I hated his cocky attitude when he was a young captain at Arsenal who never showed up in the big matches but still had a big mouth. He never really became what everyone including himself expected him to become. I remember in 2009 he said in an interview, his idol was Lamps (even though they hated each other) and some day he would be better. Well he finished a landslide short of that, as he peaked. He was 22 at that time and had already peaked. Now he is 31 and as good as finsihed. Lampard scored 27 for Chelsea and 8 for England the season he was 31.. And even more grave is that Cheslea released Lamps to accomodate Cesc's arrival, which I only read the first time a few mins ago. But I guess Cesc was instrumental to our 2014/15 league title and i will not forget that.

Thats more like it. Milk em.for a few more millions and with the loan fees we will make a profit on him.

He would not have started over Sarris beloved Jorginho anyway. But 40m for a backup is perfectly fine these days

Humiliating Bayern after they whored themselves in public to get him is worth the 70k pw alone😋

If Marina would have paid up directly PSG would never have come into the picture. Surely They will fulfill the asking price.

That's true. But I don't think he wants to be handed a starting spot, just to get a look in and start EPL games from time to time. But I guess he would take it easier if a genuine quality winger would play over him not Willian. On the other hand leaving for BAyern would be just as short-sighted. Gnabry and Coman will surely be ahead of him in the pecking order and I am dead cert Bayern will buy a genuine world class winger in summer too. With Eden leaving his competition here will be Pedro/Willian and Pulisic, all three hardly world beaters. But it looks like the tide has turned anyway. Most papers such as bild and mirror who were convinced he would leave are now reporting he is considering a u-turn with the money we have offered him. Still a very good possibility that he used Bayern to improve his negotiation position, which would not surprise me with the kids these days.

yup. 40m and 2m salary per year is a bargain. no idea why genoa are giving him away this cheap. maybe they already know he is a one-season wonder and only scores in clusters vs shit teams like sassulo and lecce

I thought Milan would be unable to sign piatek due to FFP @Antonio8

Why would we even consider selling him for a loss? He has ages left on his contract and is a decent back up. Does not make any sense unless a sizeable bid comes in.

Haha the thing is he predicts us to win at Arsenal so lets hope hes right at this.

Amd the Adl would have asked for another 5. Kk was never attainable or he would have left already.

Surely a cash cow in an Atsu type deal , not for the first team

One of the easier exercises for his spin doctor

It would surely be possible if Willian the fucker would be open to a move but he is sold on staying at Chelsea. I dont know why but it is his last goal in life to bring this club down.

Sarri can't complain and tbf - contrary to conte - he never does. He got his Jorginho and HIguain, he got the best ball-playing gk in the world with Kepa + he gets to have Hazard,Pedro, Kante and his beloved Alonso to accompany this. What is a bit mindboggling to me is to see which lengths the board goes to give a modest manager what he wants but refused to do the same for cheque-book managers like Mourinho and to an extent Conte. Maybe it was not even his results but his behaviour that got Conte the sack. Shame would have loved to see a really good manager backed as much as Sarri is backed now. Could have made us CL competitors again.

But Marina was always main negotiator on our behalf

I think hes referring to how she milked Wolfsburg for Schürrle and Atletico for Costa. But yeah she fucked up mamy sales like Kdb, lukaku, salah

Fun fact, Lukaku has 9 goals in 26 matches this season, same as Morata in 24 When we get rid of Morata i will be glad we wil be shot of both

Ah u are right, thanks, Only u20 copa is now, my bad

Isnt he off to Copa America in a few days anyway?

Summer was the time to sell him. Really wonder why we did not offer himnaround when he was hot shit even after Dortmund pulled the plug.

i thought they were gonnas sign Christhian Stuani. But whiilst Giroud is useless atm, it's not really advisable to sell him. If we sell him and Morata we have no strikers to play for us in the EL, which is our best shot at CL.

would take him in a hartbeat, esp bc. I am quite sure CHO will never be as good as James. But a swap deal is very complicated and too much of a long shot . All parties must agree and I don't see why James would see us as his best option over Real and Bauern.

shit, lets hope its BS, I want both but if I had to choose I'd probably go for Lozano