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It's 50-50 IMO. Still nothing decided. That guy from Celtic, Simunovic, actually is coming back from cruciate ligament injury. Why Torino would want this guy as a replacement I really don't know. We could help them with centre-back, Omeruo, Kalas, Hector, take anything what's on the shelf ...

Well, Gianluca Di Marzio just wrote that Torino proposed an offer to Celtic for Simunic, centre-back. You probably know what that means. Here's an article http://gianlucadimarzio.com/calciomercato/torino-offerta-per-simunovic-del-celtic/ It's now full chain reaction. Simunic to Torino, Maksimovic to Napoli, Koulibaly to Chelsea.

Matuidi isn't donkey with no technique. He'd be kicked out of PSG at first opportunity as they play possession-based style.

Literally have no idea what the outcome will be. But after reading a couple of quotes from his agent, surely his agent would want to collect a hefty fee for a transfer plus double the wages for his client ?

And what's the market value in current's market for the next great central midfielder from Brazil ? Of course nothing beats Kante but Thiago Maia for 20m€ is quite great if you ask me.

Chelsea forced Napoli to look for replacement and that's good. People are citing Manchester clubs as an EXEMPLARY HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE, lol, none of theirs deal in value for money terms is even close to Kante territory, only in sight is Mkhitaryan but just because he had one year left. I can criticise club for lack of trying but can't criticize for being reasonable. I'm sorry. And for guys liking numbers, we're still third in terms of money spent right ? So stfu. I think if they won't budge, though it's currently 50-50, we'll just sign that Lindelof kid from Benfica with fixed price at 30m€.

They probably realised "Shit, we had the best left-back in the world and now we have no left-back at all, yyy, what's the point anymore" And then bid 60m for Lukaku.

They took 6 weeks off after Kante deal. Obviously.

For 20m€ that Santos wants for him, we're entering Kante's territory of value for money reasonability.

First time I heard about the guy. How do you know he's reliable ?

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/kalidou-koulibaly-to-chelsea-blues-confident-of-deal-for-napoli-defender-despite-rejected-42m-bid-a3315371.html

On the other hand. Napoli seeing Stones going for 55m€. Why Koulibaly should be cheaper ? I like KK A LOT by I liked him more when he was 30m€ player.

How do you know all that ? I look the last 2 years and Gazzeta have many missed reports. Also just by using my basic understanding, if Chelsea is only oriented on Koulibaly then they're surely certain that they get him otherwise they would look at Mustafi or they are stupid.

It's my favourite kind of rumour. No reports from major sources, just pics from random guy at random place, we try to add 2+2 and we all lose our shit. And please don't teach us how we should do the transfer window, it's whole point of getting exited over something silly if you want to do it properly, instead you can just refresh official Chelsea site twice a day and be done with it. Now the main question : Mahrez or Isco ? Isco is obviously twice the talent Mahrez is, he is absolute baller, yet I feel if I'd have to choose between the two I'd go for Mahrez. It's so rare to have left-footed player on the right, after we tried to fit so many right-footed left-wingers there, he can be the one that we were all looking for. Plus Isco blocks directly Boga/Musonda and I think one of the two should be back next summer. But Isco is so good with the ball plus he may be closer on the pitch to Hazard than Mahrez and both of them trying to play the action ? Wow.

Sign him up. Looked good for Brazil. Uses both feet seamlessly, calm, passes well, knows how to regulate the tempo and likes to quick up the action with one forward pass. Understands his position and looks tactically astute. Not bad technique either. Plays like a professor, yet he is 19. Can't say if he is better than Ruben Neves, Tielemans, Renato Sanches or Bazoer in 2 matches, all I can say is that I can spot a fraud in 30 minutes and he is definitely not one.

I pray that Real is as silly as that, looking for stat padding instead of actual play.

Would love to be in the room when Conte says to Marina, Emenalo, Buck and Tenenbaum what he thinks about playing that defence.

BTW I just reminded myself that there were people out there who said that he will be dropped because he doesn't work hard enough for Conte liking. @Styles You have that mental notes on Hazard saved up in safe place mate?

Good news is that Real have transfer ban for next summer. Bad news is that they may save money then to grab him in 2 years time.

Good thing that our season is so light now without European football that he can actually play every game (40-45 games).

Bring Chalobah on for Matic for 15 minutes and see if defence has improved.

Roma is going to have 3 central defendenders on loan. Apparently that clause in Manolas contract expires after this window. Chelsea should give them the taste of their own medicine and loan Manolas with an option to buy in January. For me it sounds sensible. But that was probably discussed already and for some reason rejected.

There is tiny chance we can get him. Chelsea put bid for him several times and was watching him closely. They like to eventually sign their old targets. City signed 5 players or so for AM position but if Chelsea could sign Isco, we would outdo them IMO.

On a positive note :

The reality is that he is really decent defender. If for example Zouma was 27 and not 21 we wouldn't tell much of the difference. And btw you have to be braindead if you think that his signing replaced/prevented signing of poster name. For guys who are looking for this : Thanks Papy and good luck. I like you.