Special Juan

We haven't even been linked with another keeper since the Maignan situation so that also tells me everything I need to know, and I think we went to Milan with the set amount we would pay and where never budging, and as soon as they said no chance we thought 'ah fuck it we tried anyway' If we start the season with Sanchez we may as well forget winning anything next season, we don't have the Europa Conference League to play in and that easy trophy

More than winnable this, be nice to see Pedro get a chance if he is signed in time

I just can't see us signing a keeper now, the fact we would pay that few million more for Maignan says to me we aren't arsed

This Bayern side are rubbish, but this is a Flamengo side that beat us easy

We have to sign a keeper, it's essential, massively essential

I'm happy with the Pedro signing, shithouse and very good footballer

We showed some serious balls here, i'm delighted with this win

Romano saying talks with Joao Pedro are now pushing on...We are focused on Pedro after completing the Gittens deal...Chelsea pushing

You can feel they will score

Here we go...it's done

All the big UK reporters straight in there now, saying Gittens is done

Here we go for Gittens any moment now

You have just mentioned half our squad.

He really isn't, he is an outstanding footballer, he is a superb dribbler, poseses pace and strength and can play as a 10 or wide. Bloke has been in a bog standard WHU side trying to pull their pants up all season playing under Graham Potter.

Snap their hands off

We can go toe to toe with Newcastle for him, they need to watch out what they spend, and I bet we get to the 60M with either 45 plus 15 add ons or 50 and 10

I think if Pedro comes in we let Jackson go. I like Pedro, he's a good footballer and even bigger shithouse

Duran didn't last long over there but probably earned enough money to retire now if he wanted

He did the same with Sanchez who made many many mistakes, then brought in Jorgensen, he made one mistake and then he was dropped straight away. He's talked more about Josh than he has played him

It's happening now with big clubs that's why your hearing and reading about the Santos briefs and they aren't being shot down. Big clubs aren't daft, they will have watched him last season, seen he was superb and knowing that he is going back to Chelsea where they lack trust in their young talent, and you can bet your bottom dollar if Santos was at another club we would be chasing him for 50M

The Gittens deal is done, we have to now tell ourselves he's on his way.

Maresca is a complete and utter coward and this is why I cannot stand the bloke, he played the likes of Achempong in shite games and lauded praise on him saying how good he was then when it comes to the PL you don't see them for dust yet we continue with a shit under performing Gusto. Maresca is scared to take risks, and risks with these young lads have to be taken, and I mean the last twenty mins of a game where we are leading 2-0, they learn from training and learn more from playing. We have just played LAFC and ES Tunis and Santos and Ach have had a small sniff, by playing Santos he won't kill your chances of winning or losing the CWC, we need and Marseca needs to to stop cowering, grow some back bone and play the likes of Santos or he's gone. Only a few days ago we shot the Ach rumors down with immediate effect but every week we have heard Santos briefs and nothing is being shot down.

I just find it fucking tragic and bizarre that after playing three games in the CWC we haven't given Santos hardly a kick of the ball yet half of Europe are chasing one of the best performing players in Europe last season. If we let Santos go, which it looks like we will it will be nothing but tragic and could be Salah and KdB levels

Think we will have too much for them

Santos attracting loads of interest from lots of other clubs....he's going to be sold I keep saying it