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Dybała won't move from Juve before 2019 IMO. They paid 90m for 29yo Higuain to give them the best chance to win the Champions League. So they are not that interest in money. Berardi is not rated by Conte. He didn't even take him to the Euros. Preferred Eder or some other passion merchant. Griezmann won't move before 2018 as Atletico can't replace him. So the list of the serious RW options is short. When someone like Quincy Promes is mentioned I don't know why James is disregarded as a solution. Yesterday he just confirmed his great talent. Through ball maestro. But Conte would probably prefer some scraps from Italy. I hope that board will take care of business instead.

I hope Conte won't say this to the players. I wonder if Fabregas will play. Even if Matic does recover in time then you think it's perfect game to utilise Cesc but not at the expense of an attacker, Hazard and Diego are certain to play but Pedro movement will come handy here. I wouldn't want to lose it. Matic should sit out this game and be ready for Sunderland away 3 days later. I still don't have a clue how to save wing-backs from overburning with 3 games in 6 days. The only idea is to not have a wing-backs for one game. But changing formation sounds so stupid for me.

I just discovered that West Brom outscored Man United this season. (Yet Mourinho talks how they play expansive attacking football) I'm genuinely shocked after that discovery.

We hadn't won in all blacks for years... until Boro. Bad omens? What's that? I'm praying for a draw. Even if we're winning I will be saying "I take a draw I take a draw". Same as in 2014/15 season when both time we were winning and I was saying it during the match and we conceded. But I take a draw.

Pedro out? I'm not too sure. Even if we bring another CM into the side then Pedro can replace Alonso at LWB. Something that Conte tried in West Ham game in the League Cup and said that Pedro is another option there. I certainly wouldn't want to lose Pedro pressing and energy to accommodate Oscar. And Alonso is the most in danger of losing his spot. You'd think it's too risky to change now but they have whole week to work on that.

Some bang signing like Payet, James, Fekir, Bernardo. Baba recalled from loan (or Kenedy but I prefer Baba). And then midfielder to strengthen the options like Milan Badejl. That's January for me.

We should if we want to win a title this season. I won't forgive if we'll be there and thereabouts come January and we won't try absolutely everything to strengthen the squad to give ourselves the best possible chance to win it. We won't have that competitive advantage of not playing in Europe in the near future so we have to take the best advantage of that. Guys are carried away. We're an injury away to key player to be in great despair. 30 year old Payet in his prime is a statement.

Yep, let right-wing still remain the main issue.

Honestly I'm nervous as f***. Bought some sweet stuff to eat during the game yet I haven't eaten since morning and can't even look at food now. So anxious. Normally we should roll over them if football was predictable yet I fear historical day today. All will be settled when I see first 10 minutes to make my mind about how the game goes.

Suddenly Naby Keita has become a perfect player for us.

There's nothing wrong with them. There's nothing wrong with the clubs either. There's so much money in the game now. Juniors (their agents) just want a small chunk of it - and even if they take obscene amount for such young age it's still reasonable to invest in them - if someone will go into first team it's instant hit. Look at Chalobah. Back in 2013 he was offered (apparently) 30k/a week and that was huge. Many said that's too much. But look at this now. There's no transfer fee for him and his wages are modest compared to other first team players. So he's cheap squad player who otherwise would cost 20m and 2-3 times the wages. And even then you'd hardly find someone who's homegrown as well ... That's not to say that Solanke alone is worth it - IMHO he's not. I don't rate him. He should only be kept to be cash cow in the future. But you get the point.

That's one thing I can agree you with.

Maybe Remy at one point was better than Batschuayi but that is long gone - 'Bats is streets ahead as he is at least match fit all time every time. And I don't know what are you talking about. Michy has a league goal every 1,5 game (~140minutes) in his last 3 seasons. Michy's finishings back from his Standard Liege days are outrageous - pure pure striker. He is actually one of the few young pure strikers out there at the moment - so many of them like Martial, Dembele etc. are crossroads between winger and a striker. Seriously, I'm not sure if you realise that Michy has played 75 minutes (in words SEVENTY FIVE) in the league so far - yet you're giving that zero-one opinion. I'm sure I've seen it already. Yeah I remember, 3 years ago when some fucker said to me that De Bruyne is good riddance because he was poor at Swindon.

Seriously, how freakish good he is, how much of a leader he is, you can't tell me that Bonucci or whoever is better now. Armband needed.

Funny thing he wasn't even overaged player. Michy is serious talent but it's hard for him. Diego Costa can control himself well and as Conte said you don't want to lose his personality and drive and sub him off. I don't know if you realise this but Michy played grand total of 75 minutes (!!!) in the league this season. Less than a full game in 3 months. Conte has to find a way to play him more. Another thing that even though Chelsea spend 40m€ on him and he's played 75 minutes in the league so far, he's already better than Remy or Ba. For a start he's always ready. Yet to have an injury in his carrer according to transfermarkt.

Same old same old. We need proper solution. Preferably left-footed. Fekir, Bernardo Silva, James. Dream signings like Griezmann or Dybała. It's not like we need much. Time to bring that marquee signing. Seriously, the hunt for a RW post-Kalou is embarrassing and I feel this guy is more of the same.

Because we only managed one. We were seriously linked with several like Nainggolan, Morata, Koulibaly, Romagnoli, Brozovic.

http://m.calciomercato.com/en/news/surprise-chelsea-make-an-important-bid-for-badelj-25063 Lol, I knew it I knew it I knew from the first time I saw his name linked. Conte seems to have a fetish for this kind of players. The guy just screams January signing (cheap utility player). I really don't know if Conte knows someone outside Serie A. He is an excellent coach and maybe should stick to that and someone else should choose players to buy instead. If this happens I let it pass but if we get rid of Cesc and buy more of these...

Ok, but I think when there's a chance to sign a genuine world-class player then we have to pursuit it. We will find a way for a player like Veratti. I just think we need that big creativity from other source other than Hazard. If not through the middle then some spark from the right attacking midfield is needed. If we're continuing with those "balance" players on the right (Willian, Oscar, Schurrle, Salah, Cuadrado, Pedro etc. not one even near world-class level) then we need Veratti badly. But if we finally solve that post-Kalou issue then guy like Paredes or Dahoud can be sufficent. Someone who has decent pace, stamina, can pick a runner, is good at circulating the ball and not out of his depth tactically. Regardless of the name for me. RW is still the biggest issue in the squad though.

Looks like a Spurs kind of signing tbh. I can bet that if we sign midfielder from Serie A it'd be someone like Brozovic or Badejl. Conte has a fetish for this kind of players. Do not let go if there's even small chance of getting Verratti.

Not to mention that Chelsea have already 2,5 bigger revenue than Inter (soon it will be 3 times and if pound was in mid 2015 form even 4 times).

Lol. Brozovic is no better than Oscar. If Inter want to do such swap it should tell us that. We should only target world-class players/potential because we have money to do so or else we may look within our talented youngsters like the guy on my avi.

You're not forgetting someone?

IMO Veratti for 3x the price is more appealing than Nainggolan. Don't get me wrong, Radja is a good player but Veratti is special. There's very few special players out there so it would be nice to have one of them here. Why not have both? If we're losing Mikel and Cesc we need two midfielders.

It's happening, guys.