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The fact that we haven't signed a quality CB would be an equally shocking decision.

Even with those players, it won't change. Do we really need to trial Reece in midfield when Essugo and Santos are available to play ?

I wouldn't be surprised if Sanchez is our keeper on opening day of the season. Get the feeling that we won't get Maignan unless one of the existing keepers is sold/moved on.

If only this was true...would have been perfect, Sanchez/KDH to West Ham + cash for Kudus.

Guessing you mean Felix/Gallagher 😆 As for the trade we did with Villa, is that kid ever going to make an appearance at Chelsea?

Big fan of Kudus but I don't see us paying what West Ham want for him. Probably going to end up at Spurs with Son getting interest from Saudi.

Think its more to do with those players not really living up to the hype throughout their time at Chelsea, rather than the UCL win. Pulisic had his moments of pure class at Chelsea. You can probably add Nkunku to that list now, came with so much hype and seems to have regressed quite a bit this season.

Next report will be, Real Madrid willing to offer their French midfielders as part of Enzo deal 😆

Wrong thread? Wouldn't this go to English football thread, not transfers.

I'm still surprised that United missed out on him, thought Amorim was all over the Sporting production line of talent.

Its a shame that half the names on that list are out of reach for us. Realistically, best case scenario we somehow convince Villa to sell Rogers......or its back the youth and go for Gittens/Fofana.

That last link should say "former Real Madrid youth defender"

He was one of the brighter talents in the French league and the transfer fee was around 30 million. The problem for Enzo will always be that inflated price tag. As soon as he has a run of games where he isn't having that big impact, he'll be called a flop.

Player power, although I'm not sure what benefit Paez gets out of this, he's not listed in the squad for the first phase of the tournament.

This just sounds like a player with a massive ego, publicly stated that he was disappointed at not going to the CWC and then days later, the club allows him to go the CWC.

I'd take him back at Chelsea, think he was our youth captain a few years ago, 24 years old, would fit in with the current age profile of Caicedo, Enzo, Cucurella, Palmer, Reece. However, I get the feeling Spurs/Arsenal may get him before us.

Imagine if Wirtz ends up not getting 20+ goal contributions next season after that transfer fee 😁

Thought Pogba was around 100m at that point in time, then Antony was high 90's, Maguire was 85.

I wonder if its the lack of interest in our first team GK's that is stopping us from getting Maignan? Haven't seen any decent links for Sanchez or Jorgensen and both of them can't stick around as #2 next season....

We're only doing what Italian clubs do to us, when they come and take our players on cheap loans with no obligation to buy.

Romano about to tweet "Chelsea have signed another unknown youngster" 😆

They rejected a decent offer for him and they are holding out for the fee they want (closer to 50 million) From what I've seen in their transfer history, they tend to sell players for decent profits every season as they are pretty good at picking up replacement talents. Dembele, Pulisic, Haaland, Bellingham, Sancho being the biggest sales in the past few seasons.

I just don't like the fact that we have an ex-Spurs youth captain in our first team.

You would think AC Milan have someone lined up to replace him as he rejected the contract extension they offered earlier in the season. They want 20, we offered less, will probably end up settling around that 16-ish mark.

Seemed very much like a mix and match lineup by Tuchel Good for us that Madueke's in form, hopefully gets us a nice transfer fee