Special Juan

Arsenal Giroud with a big clap and a wave to Arsenal fans.

Good luck lad.

It's like splitting hairs for me this one, Dzeko is a better finisher IMO but Giroud is one of the best one touch hold up players in the league, he's just a big nightmare to mark and with his aerial threat he's a big danger. After all, that's what we want if you read reports.

With Aubameyang going to Arsenal they only have Maximillian Philipp and possibly Yarmolenko, but he's more an inside forward. Game time is there for Bats and I would say a guaranteed start for him, Aubameyang is a big miss and the hole he leaves is big but they really do not have a prolific striker to step in, which is good for Bats.

They have Albrighton and Grey and whilst they aren't Mahrez they can do a job for them, this is Leicester we are talking and the sheer money numbers that are being talked about are absolutely off the scale for them to turn down. Have to remember the player now wants out, the pressure on them is really big.

They won't get 90M for him and with 1 day to go I can see City upping their offer and getting him.

He said nothing before the game, just talked in brief, that will probably come after the game.

They have to have a result in mind against Swansea though, I mean he isn't starting but is there as a plan B. It doesn't alter anything right now in terms of the transfer, it will probably get done tomorrow.

Sounds like it's happening this, and out of all the names linked he's the one who is the best of them. We have to settle for this type of signing now and understand we are not big pullers in the transfer market whilst this board are pulling the strings. I just hope this is a Conte approval signing and he can get the maximum from him and he comes in offering us a lot.

Maybe it's us he's handed the request in for

He comes in for Sane straight away if the move happens. It's also not just about who he replaces this is City building a fucking absolute monster of a side where the bench is 200-300M worth of players. They are building a squad to win everything.

The problem is Pep can make him better, like he's done with Sterling.

Handed in transfer request in the last hour....Looks like he is City bound.

It's no wonder Phil Neville said what he did Women

Talks between Arsenal and Chelsea over Giroud have accelerated today. Agreement expected on 20m euro permanent transfer

Simply not fucking about it seems.

Sorry to interrupt the little tea party chaps, you can have this conversation via Private message. Confirmed by Conte it wont be happening now this deal for Dzeko, so I will lock this. If it does take a big u-turn I will open it back up.

That is a good move by Arsenal signing him, I really do like him and think he will be quality in this league.

What I found ironic about it all, is that today Conte has said it's not right that transfer deadline day falls on the day of a match and that Michy situation is half half. Someone tell these brain dead fuck wits that they have had 31 fucking days to sort this shit out so don't moan about one day you fucking pack of morons.

You can just see tomorrow about 3PM news starts to come out that Batshuayi is off, and Chelsea being Chelsea now have to revert to the false 9 again and we have no striker...you can just see this happening.

Sounds like City are now going for Mahrez.

"I have given my opinions to the club" On Palmieri.... " I don't know about him" Chelsea fucking football club.

Yep, another player the gaffer knows little about and is bought and thrown at the coach and told 'train him' Pathetic.

Tibo and Cesc ready to play tomorrow.

Laporte to City is done...red stamp that one.