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That's not the point, Smith Rowe has played like 20 PL games in 2 seasons and yet they get 34 million for him....and we can't somehow get 40 million for Gallagher who is one of the fitter players in the league. I get his limitations as a midfielder but he's worth more than 35 million.

Reece, Cucurella, Gusto, Colwill, Enzo, Caicedo, Lavia, Palmer could easily go elsewhere. The problem is, the rest of the squad is one of the weakest I've seen at Chelsea in a long long time, particularly in key positions such as GK, CB, ST. We really went from Cudicini/Cech/Courtois to Kepa then to reserve team GK's in Sanchez/Petrovic.

Maybe KDH and Maresca were actually close at Leicester and he was keen on following his manager... it's not like we are short on midfielders, guys like Santos, Ugo, Carney were like 20+ million transfers.

Will be interesting though, considering there is Fofana, Disaster, Badi, Nkunku, Ugo in the team.

Honestly, 45-50 + Lukaku leaving permanently would be interesting...

If Gallagher is 35m, how do we pull in 90M? No one wants Broja, will probably go for another loan on deadline day and Trev will be like 25 million tops (especially as the club froze him out of US tour).

That's what happens when you let your best CB leave for Brazil and you don't sign another leader as a replacement! It's like we are expecting Fofana/Colwill to become great CB's overnight but there's no experienced CB at the club to help show them the way (like a Cahill, JT).

Injuries happen all the time though, some of these players start so young in South America... I wasn't a fan of signing players before they hit the age of 18 as you always run the risk of serious injuries before they are allowed to move to England.

Why don't we offer them one of our amazing defenders to lower the fee...Badiashile was linked to Milan not long ago.

Is it really that difficult? Come to Chelsea, get a nice paycheck, play for an old Man City coach and we have some of your mates here already in Lavia, Palmer, Sterling etc. 😆

That's not how you play football manager in real life. You need to sign every wonderkid out there and hope that 2-3 of them somehow develop enough to play in your first team 😆

From memory, it was supposed to be Greenwood to Juve, Chiesa to United and a sell on clause for United but then Juve backed out and Marseille agreed to a 50% sell on clause. Chiesa for a low fee would be interesting!

What did people expect from Petrovic? He's an MLS goalkeeper, not some massive talent that was supposed to come in and be our #1 option. 😀😆 He was exposed because he ended up playing 25+ games, if he had played say 5 games and a few cup appearances (just like any other team's backup GK), he would have been fine.

Broja should have been shipped off to whichever club wanted him. At this point, he adds zero value to the squad, those injuries have really taken away his development. Lukaku is just waiting around for Conte to agree a fee with us, Sterling knows he won't get anywhere near his current wages so why would he leave?

Yeh but you're forgetting the most important point, Jorgensen had the most saves according to this website: https://en.as.com/resultados/futbol/primera/2023_2024/ranking/jugadores/paradas-del-portero/

I just don't see anyone paying 50 million for Gallagher. All his possible destinations in the PL are pretty much gone, Villa got Onana, Spurs got that young Leeds midfielder and even if Atletico are interested, they won't pay that sort of fee for him.

What Colwill needs is a JT/Cahill alongside him to show him the way. I don't see him thriving next to Tosin or Disaster. Feel like that's been the problem with our defensive lineup in recent times, other than Thiago there was no other senior leader/voice. Go back to our best days, you had JT, Cahill, Ashley Cole, Azpi, Ivanovic....they were all leaders/captains on the pitch for club or country at some point.

I'd be surprised if Matos, Richards and a few others like Castledine are not on loan by the end of the transfer window. As for players like Washington, Moreira, I'm not really sure what the plan was for these types of 'development' players as they are nowhere near our first team and likely won't be involved for many seasons.

Neves looks a proper talent. Can see why so many clubs are keen to get him

It's mainly Lukaku, Sterling, Kepa, Fofana (injuries have ruined him), Chilwell.

He won't be going Saudi league at this point in his career, he's not a 30 year old looking for a nice pay day.

Ugo is going on loan, they've already mentioned they are looking for a PL loan for him. Just because he's capable of playing a deep midfield role doesn't mean that Maresca will immediately trust him in that role. I see Veiga as CB/LB cover as we all know Chilwell will have his usual injuries.

There's also that guy we signed from Leicester as well as Lavia being available this season and Carney would likely be in the mix as well assuming he's fit.

Stole a march? There are reports coming out of Spain and France that Lille told Yoro that he wouldn't be playing any football next season if he didn't agree to the United transfer as they were offered almost double of what Real Madrid were keen on paying for a player with 1 year left. If he is as good as people are claiming, he'll be playing for a top european side by the age of 20/21.

What do you mean by bought before proven? Dias was one of the better young CB's in Europe at Benfica, linked to so many clubs. Ederson was one of the better young GK's out there at Benfica, Ake had 100+ appearances in PL before going to City, same can be said for Akanji at Dortmund. City scouted proper talent and also that experienced profile (24 to 27 years old) to balance the squad. Where's our 24 to 27 year old experience in the first team XI? Who do we turn to if some of the youngsters have a poor game?