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Bale would be more likely and a better fit then Isco/Asensio. He also wants to play more, although may not want to come here with us having no CL and his Tottenham history.

Great signing, very few players who dictate play like Jorginho from a deep position

https://metro.co.uk/2018/05/30/why-chelsea-are-in-a-state-of-limbo-over-maurizio-sarri-and-antonio-conte-7590524/ 'Sarri takes home a relatively modest £1.3m a year, but his release clause is set at £7m. That expires at the end of May, at which point Sarri will be able to resign at a cost of £500,000 but Napoli will be due a compensation package from any club he joins afterwards. If, as it seems, Chelsea are unwilling to meet Sarri’s release clause, then they will hope to negotiate a lower fee once the May 31 deadline has passed. Reports in Italy suggest a fee of £3.5m would be accepted.'

To think we could've had Jorginho and Fabinho for not much more than Bakayoko and Drinkwater

We aren't spending big on a player about to turn 30. If anything it's a move to give the impression we're willing to spend big. We couldn't negotiate a deal for Dzeko or Llorente, and struggled to sign Giroud.

He hasn't been good enough for years

The club obviously want a yes man, who will accept every situation thrown at them. Problem is this kind of manager won't bring the success the club want. Either the club back the manager more with his own players, or accept less success. Of those potential replacements only Allegri, and possibly Simeone are close to Conte's level.

Must be depressing for him that the club rated Cahill and Rudiger as better players

I hate watching him play, such a liability when he's anywhere close to goal - just keeps backing off

Don't get why we keep targeting 30+ strikers. The club are clearly looking for any excuse not to spend on an older striker. Even if we set a "deadline" if Arsenal came back and accepted the offer, why would we then pull out? We've signed no one else Also, the club only offer one year contracts to players over 30 (with very little flexibility on this) - which our targets will never accept (why would they if they have a a longer contract elsewhere?).

Shouldn't be long before Ampadu starts ahead of him - he's more composed, reads the game better, better under pressure...

I agree they're mediocre like most of the players we've signed. In which case it makes sense to keep them to make up the numbers, and only spend on players who can actually improve us.

Conte needs to utilise our young players more to make up the squad. I think RLC and Barkley are basically the same player, Chalobah would do as well as Drinkwater. Ake could've developed into a left sided Azpilicueta. Musonda could do more. By not making those signings that's £65/70m that could've then been spent on someone who'd instantly improve the first 11. But the club seem obsessed with inflating the squad with average players, ending up with a squad where it's the same one or two players responsible for creating and scoring goals.

Its got to be more then a one year contract, you don't sign a player for £25m who can then leave for free in a year.

We'll try for Akinfenwa when Crouch turns us down

How didn't we get him signed in the summer, only cost Spurs £12m, should've been such an easy transfer

Chelsea make surprise Peter Crouch inquiry in bid to sign target man

with Barkley, Drinkwater, Cahill and now Carroll we will have finally improved upon our strong English core of Lampard, Terry and Cole

Look at our last 25 signings: Pato, Pedro, Amelia, Baba Rahman, Begovic, Kenedy, Falcao, Hector, Miazga, Nathan, Djiloboji, Pantic, Cuadrado, Kante, Luiz, Alonso, Batshuayi, Eduardo, Bakayoko, Zappacosta, Drinkwater, Rudiger, Morata, Caballero, Barkley.

Some bad decisions but he can't control £30m+ players not being able to control the ball or make simple passes. He's also not the one in charge of recruitment. The first 11 should have more quality and be invested in more heavily, then younger players can fill up the squad. Rather than Bakayoko+Drinkwater - £75m could of been spent on someone of real quality.

I think he'll surprise people. Barkley's always looked way more talented than RLC has at Palace. And I don't see why it's one or the other, both can play in in central midfield, as attacking midfielders, or even more wide.

There does seem to be a lack of vision, a lot of our signings seem mediocre. We could have with more foresight had a midfield three of De Bruyne, Kante, Matic which would walk the league. If he was at Man City under Guardiola I think Christensen would be starting and soon be recognised as one of the best in the league. Here he'll likely be forced out by limited opportunities. Feel like him and Zouma/Rudiger should be starting in a back four, building for the future.

Our signings have actually been decent so far. Improving our striking (Llorente) or centre back (Van Dijk) options would be good but not essential But how we've left it so late with no full back or defensive/central midfield cover is terrible. As good as they are we really don't want to be moving Luiz into midfield and Azpilicueta out wide too often.

You think we'd sound out from the player + agent whether he wanted the move/role first before agreeing a deal with Arsenal. In the meantime we've run the clock down on the window and have no other wing back targets. Really negligent from the board