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It doesn't matter if you have 3, 8 or 25 CB's on the books, the question is, can they play a decent role if they are picked....and the answer has already been given by Maresca who wants a new CB. All this talk about Aaron from posters on this forum but not a word from Maresca, he'll most likely be on loan somewhere in the January window to get minutes.

Fair point but has he been mentioned at all by Maresca? As I said, I would be surprised to see Aaron getting serious minutes this season.

I doubt Aaron was signed to be thrown into the first team....seemed more like a loan/develop opportunity at the time. Josh is likely to get minutes as the backup defender this season, I don't see Aaron playing much, maybe in an early round cup game here and there. I don't mind Maresca giving his thoughts because getting Simons/Garnacho won't be as big a game changer as having a quality CB lead the defense. Colwill getting that injury is horrible timing.

Isn't Lewis being sold to Forest?

Also, Veiga is still a Chelsea player...and a talented young CB....but for whatever reason, he won't play for the club again.

As per Plettigoal on twitter: [@Plettigoal] Piero Hincapié has a release clause in his contract, valid this summer. Been told the clause is worth around €60m for the 23-y/o top centre-back It would be awesome if we could get him, seems like Spurs are super keen on him.

Garnacho deal was done in january when his agent came to visit Stamford Bridge. It was obvious with all the rumors of Garnacho only wanting to stay in Premier League. Just hope we don't end up overpaying United for him.

If we loan him, that would mean the Simons deal is off. We need to sell Nkunku to help balance the books, then try to sign new players for UCL squad.

Problem is, who is paying for Disasi, best we can get is another loan....and even Badi has been injured on and off.

Time to go and check Brighton's squad for the next 6 years, do they have any good young CB's 😆

He should get playing time here, particularly with Lavia's fitness issues.

Unfortunately, whatever we say, Sanchez will be starting on opening day of the season Just hope our attack can get a few goals 😆

Apparently we've lodged a bid for Konate, although the source is questionable. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/czxyyjdv441o

Thats why the Guehi deal would have made sense, Palace are pretty much confirmed to lose him before the window closes and he's a former youth product. Just watch Liverpool wrap it up for 35 million in the next week or so.

If the Maignan deal fell apart over 4 million, what makes you think Donnarumma was going to happen? Hate to say it but Sanchez's cwc performances seem to have earnt him another season as #1

Saw that rumor about Nkunku being offered in the Simons deal... From Chelsea news page

I think we definitely need a quality CB to come in. I just don't trust Chalobah - Tosin with Badi as the only backup against any decent PL team. Fofana (at this point) shouldn't be considered as anything more than a squad option considering his injuries.

Yeh because that's what we need, another up and comer to join this already young squad 😆

Tonali also left AC Milan for Newcastle, they sold Reijnders to City, Hernandez to Saudi league. They might be iconic but they are just too inconsistent in the league. They should be able to attract top talent and challenge for top 3/4 in Serie A every single season on name alone.

maresca was probably asking them "how much can we spend to meet UCL requirement" 😆

To be fair, Garnacho's agent was at Stamford Bridge in January, felt like a deal with United was always going to happen in this window Just hoping that it's a reasonable fee, not something crazy like 50 million. 😄

Guessing if the Simons deal is agreed this would further tank Nkunku's sale price. These are our "current" attacking players: Neto, Palmer, Gittens, Nkunku, Pedro, George, Estevao. Then we are apparently adding Garnacho and Simons. How is everyone getting minutes 😆

He's likely off to Leipzig as Simons replacement, good player on his day

We still haven't had any serious offers for Nkunku or Jackson and yet somehow we are going to sign two more attacking mids. I'm keen to see how we register all these new players in the UCL squad 😆

Bang average but he'd be a starter from day 1 😆