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Assuming we can keep a max of 1 dwarf in our back 3 CBs:
Instead of dropping €70m on Kounde, next year I would rather shift Reece inside as he has shown he can excel at the RCB spot, and then activate our buy-back clause on Livramento who has looked like a star for Southampton so far, albeit early stages.
Prioritize a center mid FFS

Assuming we can keep a max of 1 dwarf in our back 3 CBs:
Instead of dropping €70m on Kounde, next year I would rather shift Reece inside as he has shown he can excel at the RCB spot, and then activate our buy-back clause on Livramento who has looked like a star for Southampton so far, albeit early stages.
Prioritize a center mid FFS

BBC - Kurt Zouma: West Ham sign France defender from Chelsea for £29.8m

Monaco just lost against Shaktahr and didn't qualify for CL. I hope now we take a stab at purchasing Tchouameni instead of loaning this 2021 version of Saul who has £250k weekly wage and a probably high loan fee

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This is the one

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This is the one

This is the one

This is the one

This is the one

This is the one

This man can probably fly with that wingspan

This man can probably fly with that wingspan

The jealousy is there though. United fans hammering their own board while praising ours.  

Only pet peeve is that if we had signed him last year as planned, he could still be considered as homegrown. Now it's too late for that 

Time to sell Kante to PSG for 80 mill 

Time to sell Kante to PSG for 80 mill 

Time to sell Kante to PSG for 80 mill 

Everyone says sell the following: 
Batsh*t, Barkley, Emerson, Kepa, Drinky, Baka, AC, Zappa and Baba
And then you have a mixture of people who say sell: 
Jorgi, Alonso, Zouma, Rudi and Kante
The problem however is wages, with the exception of Emerson (reported £40k a week) and Zouma all of those players are on wages way too high for their ability. 
For me, we have four categories that these players fall into: 
Cat 1 - Have a decent market 
Emerson - His wages are cheap enough for most top 6 Italian sides 
Zouma - Has enough cred in the bag from his previous loans to be able to sell
Barkley - A bit of a push due to £100k a week wages, but due to his nationality and physical strength may just be able to convince someone
Cat 2 - Absolutely no chance we will find a buyer
Kepa - £170k a week makes him a top 10 paid GK in the world. Plus he was brought for £72m. At best we may find a loan where we have to pay his wages.
Drinky - No explanation needed. Likely to have either alcohol problems and/or mental health problems. 
Baba - Reportedly on £60k a week. Chronic injury problems. 
Zappa - I actually think he is an ok player. However, high wage (£70k a week) plus ACL injury means he is a no go for anyone. 
Cat 3 - Very small market 
AC - Will not be wanted by any PL team. Earns £70k+. Rated at £30m+ by club. Only team that may still rate him in that region (at a push) is Gladbach. 
Kante - Had bad injuries for a year now. Very high earner (£150-£300k depending on what source you want to believe) only market is PSG as the other top 5 European clubs do not want him/or do not have the finances this year. 
Jorgi - Would have to go back to Italy, unless Pep still wants him. Only clubs that he would fit are Juve and Napoli. Napoli do not have the finances after buying. Juve have too many midfielders on high wages. 
Alonso - Inter are the only team where he would make sense. They have already laid out a sizable amount on a RBand seem to insanely being giving Utd a reprieveon Sanchez. Seem to not being getting Martinez money this Summer. 
Cat 4 - The players have unrealistic views on their ability level and who they should be playing for. 
Batsh*t - Seems to think a team like WHU are beneath him so that rules out mid table PL sides. Also refuses to go back to Belgium (from reports.) High wage of £110k will not be provided outside of England. 
Baka - Apparently only wants Milan. Milan do not have the cash to pay him £110k a week. Also, fee would be prohibitive for them, hence way they past last Summer. 
Rudi - Seems to be someone very happy to be at Chelsea. Cannot see him moving anywhere unless it is someone of a similar level or higher. Not going to happen. 
That for me, means the only ones that we may be able to shift are: 
Emerson, Barkley and Zouma (however, he isn't really a CB that is first in line to be culled.) 
Then we have outside chances of: Kante (losing him is a risk owing to the make up of our side), Jorgi, AC (if Gladbach have cash or are willing to swap a player) and Alonso (if Inter have more cash that what it appears.)
The rest I think we are lumbered with, with our best hope being a loan. Those in Cat 2 are pretty much a drag on finances as at best they will be loaned with subsidised wages. 

Man United signing Sancho is like when we signed Hazard, except Sancho is younger than Hazard was at the time and arguably even better. Hope I get to look back at this post and be proven wrong

I was one of few against the signing on the board, and thought we should have gone for Lukaku, but after watching him play last night, I thought he did really well. 
I commented on the missed penalty just as some perspective based on how some on this board will bash one player for a certain thing, but another will get a pass. At the end of the day, should hit that nearly every time, but it happens. I won't blame him for the missed penalty. Everyone misses. 
Aside from his very first touch in the game where he bobbled it and lost it in the middle of the park, he was very impressive with his hold up and distribution off some difficult balls. Courtois was lobbing them to him and nearly every time he was around the ball, he controlled it or headed it to one of our men. Obviously when we're playing our best side, that will come extremely handy. Something we didn't get much of with Costa in the line up. 
 

I shouldn't be surprised by how wishy washy this forum is, but it gets me every time. The dude literally got a 20 minute run out with the team while we were a man down and after only being with the squad for 2 weeks. If you all expected him to bag a brace today you played yourself. Give it some time and it'll work out, or not, but now isn't the time to abandon ship.

Some of u guys are so negative it's unreal. He comes on Pedro gets a red card chelsea sit deep, doesn't exactly help. He missed a penalty wow so Fucking what every one does, so glad a lot of you ain't scouts you have seen like 70 mins in total of him playing and already have him down as a fail. The guy flew to America then to England then out to China then back..... any of u guys taken that into consideration? Give the lad time ffs.