bigbluewillie

For the last three days Sky Sports has been saying Mendy is having his medical at The Bridge. And now nothing this must be the longest medical in the history of examinations. Anyone know the situation is? this is just fucking ridiculous.

No being televised. Hope Vesper will come the rescue If it's out there she'll find it

Who said Giroud is 3rd choice? He's not Is Jorginho only in there 'cos Billy's injured and Frank wanted 2 DMF Frank doesn't want one rigid system as per Wenger, so he tries different formations And until we get back to having all the squad we don't know who his best teams will be. And as for having "no idea" ha aint done that bad so far, long may it continue. You're just showing you hatred of Lamps and Mount.

Give it time mate. We've got players to come back from injury etc, things are not going to happen overnight, Lamps needs to know what his best 11 are when all are fit. The system has to be understood by the players, they got to get to know each other it all takes time, if you're expecting to see a miracle change in the short term then you are going to be disappointed. Give time now is the gelling period next season is when we'll be ready to go, and by that I don't mean things will not improve as the season wears on. What i'm really pleased about is that on here most realise that, and haven't condemned Frank and the lads, as I feared would happen KTBFFH

Chelsea have reached an agreement with French club Rennes over a £22m deal for Senegal keeper Edouard Mendy, 28. (Observer) Chelsea agree £22m deal to sign Rennes goalkeeper Édouard Mendy Jacob Steinberg @JacobSteinberg Sat 19 Sep 2020 13.30 BSTLast modified on Sat 19 Sep 2020 15.37 BST Édouard Mendy makes a save during Rennes’ game at Celtic in the Europa League last November. Photograph: Ian MacNicol/Getty Images Chelsea are set to sign a goalkeeper to put pressure on Kepa Arrizabalaga after reaching an agreement with Rennes over a £22m deal for Édouard Mendy. Frank Lampard needs more competition for Arrizabalaga after losing faith in the £71.6m goalkeeper. Arrizabalaga lost his place last season and was criticised after conceding a soft goal during Chelsea’s 3-1 win at Brighton on Monday. Read more Chelsea have been unable to find a club capable of buying Arrizabalaga during this transfer window and, although they admire Atlético Madrid’s Jan Oblak, they have had to lower their sights to more affordable options. They have tracked Mendy for a while and the 28-year-old comes with a recommendation from Petr Cech. The former Chelsea goalkeeper became the club’s technical and performance adviser after retiring last summer and is influential in their recruitment process. Chelsea, who have already spent more than £200m this summer, have maintained their interest in Mendy since having a £14.2m bid turned down by Rennes last month. Negotiations have intensified this week and it is understood an agreement was reached after Chelsea were told to raise their offer of £18.2m plus add-ons for Mendy, who has agreed terms on a five-year deal. Reports in France have claimed Rennes tried to convince Chelsea to give them the France striker Olivier Giroud as part of the deal. Rennes have previously asked Chelsea about signing Fikayo Tomori on loan. The defender is also a target for Everton. Mendy excelled after joining Rennes from Reims last summer, helping them qualify for the Champions League. The Senegal international will compete with Arrizabalaga for a starting place, though Lampard also has the experienced Willy Caballero. Chelsea have signed Thiago Silva and Malang Sarr on free transfers and paid big fees to land Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz, Timo Werner and Hakim Ziyech. The owner, Roman Abramovich, has backed Lampard and Chelsea, who turned down an approach for N’Golo Kanté this week, could still try to sign a defensive midfielder. They are interested in Declan Rice, although West Ham are desperate to hold on to the England international.

One other thing aint I glad he never went to the scousers. Mane Timo Salah

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/09/08/honigstein-on-havertz--what-drew-him-to-chelsea--why-his-versati Did you not read this bud, blows your assumption out the water, read it and learn.

That aint gonna happen, dream on Rennes

And Salah

Yep! i've got to be convinced the guy is not made of glass, he just worries me, that's not to say I don't rate him, I rate him very very highly.

This competition should be scrapped along with the URropey cup. But of course it's all about revenue,

Liverpool have enquired about Ismaila Sarr and discussed his situation with Watford, who want £36m for the 22-year-old Senegal international striker. (Mail)

Where did you hear this? atm I can find nothing on the subject

Real and Spain left-back Sergio Reguilon, 23, is at Spurs' training ground for a medical before a £25m move. (Evening Standard) Can't believe this, someone far better than the crock we bought for £50Mil, even Telles would cost only £18M, and we buy the worst of the three.

Lampard WTF are you doing, change it for christ sake man

What an appalling half from us, Brighton can feel unlucky to be losing. Werner what a beast, love the guy on the other hand Havertz looks lost, doesn't know to shit or bust. Then only one's who's performed out there for us is Timo and Mount

Not 2 fucking defensive midfielders, one is one too many

Jorginho and Kante FFS Frank

He was loyal to us and deserved the chance to try elsewhere with his dream being Real. He now knows that the grass is not greener on the other side of the fence, and realises he made a mistake. We on the other hand have moved on, and from now on don't need him.

Someone What is it with Chelsea and signing injured players? Now we've signed Chilwell injured and from Leicester, remember the last injured player we signed and as it happened from Leicester as well, and look how he wound up. EDIT And whilst on the subject of injured players what about Pulisic, please tell me he's not made of glass, he seems to me to be ever injured.

What is all this talk of of using a DMF against Brighton FFS, yes it's Brighton not last seasons scouse or Bayern. If we've not improved on last seasons defensive debacle particularly against relegation fodder, then there's no hope. I'd go with Kova (if he's fit) Mount and Kai, let them worry about us and not us to them. I think a front 6 will demolish them. KTBFFH

Me too bruv, me too. Said it as well earlier.

Agree mate. But it's still really depressing that we're going to start with last seasons back four ,and GK's

What with, Chilwell, Zyech, and Silva, + Pulisic. Whats going to be different from last season fucking same keeper, same defence, possibly without Havertz, the more it changes the more it stays the same.

Hmmmm so Henderson comes out tops in the stats... Well him or Pope will do.