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don't think conte gives a toss about benching the captain tbh

VVD is sooooo much better than cahill that I feel it's worth it.

put in a bid of 60M and see how quick that stance changes

why are you posting tweets from nobodies as if they are some sort of trustworthy reports?

if we get van dijk, he slots into cahill's spot in the starting lineup straight away imo.. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

an old washed up arsenal fool trying to wish his wet dreams into existence

ok so the decision would be entirely up to him, I see... Don't see him leaving his boyhood club for us in that case Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

that article says the release clause is 40M€, can he still reject us if we meet the clause? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don't know why but I also have a feeling he'd do well with us...

agreed, we shouldn't get our hopes up because of this and take with a huge grain of salt but... having said that, other media are now picking up the sidibe links (evening standard talked bout it a few days back and now the sun too)

take it with a big grain of salt but this was just retweeted by Thibauted, a chelsea fan account: it says Sidibe is at Novotel with his agent and with bakayoko (perhaps to convince him) and the Monaco fan who posted it thinks he may be on his way to chelsea

they're not gonna sell rabiot though... krychowiak is an attainable target I think

according to this paris "insider" account, he prefers MU and has a deal with them:

according to some french twitter accounts, he has been spotted wearing a Chelsea kit several times throughout the years: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

ugh anyone but dan levene, can't stand him

"I would like Southampton to consider the interest in me from top clubs should it still exist." "I want to play European football again and challenge for major honours. I am incredibly ambitious." " I want to achieve as much as I can to fulfil my potential in what is a very short career as a professional footballer." -Virgil van Dijk

perfect! now le'ts get him

But the German (Klopp) is well equipped with defenders, with Dejan Lovren, Joel Matip, Ragnar Klavan and Joe Gomez all fit for the season. He said: “We have four ­centre-backs. I don’t think we need more. “Just at the moment I’m fine. The transfer market is open until the 31st of August. “We cannot force things and we would never get a ­centre-back just because someone is available." hopefully we can get him, he is bordering on WC imo

Agree, about Costa, great player but massive pain in the ass and not the sharpest tool in the shed as they say... But in terms of our spending we are truly behind the like of huddersfield. Counting only spending paints a false picture. To truly understand the investment being put in, it is crucial to review departures as well. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree

Costa OUT, Morata IN (stagnant and arguably even a downgrade) Matic OUT, Bakayoko IN (slight upgrade but could be consdered stagnant) Begovic OUT, Caballero IN (switching one decent backup GK for another, stagnant) Rudiger IN (decent reinforcement for the squad but doesn't seem to be starter quality) So in effect, the only addition (and not replacement) we've made is Rudiger, a squad player.... For a team who just won the title, wants to build on that and compete in 4 competitions, that is pretty woeful. Conte, Cahill and others also keep emphasizing the need for more players, this is not some sort of well kept secret. As to Costa, the only reason we'll struggle to get 58M for him is because of the way events unfolded between him and Conte, had none of that happened, we could have probably fetched a nice sum for him... In any case, that wasn't my point here. I wanted to refute the idea that signing Morata for 58M is a sign that we aren't stagnant, IMO it is, since he is a replacement for a better player (Costa)

Are Huddersfield losing a striker that is worth potentially even more than 58 Million pounds, like we are with Costa? And Costa hasn't even been sold yet, once he does, our net spend will be in the negative. Net spending is the best way to see who has truly strengthened (MU, City) and who has pretty much sold and bought at the same level to remain stagnant (us)

yup and according to the sun (I know..), liverpool have given up their chase for him altogether, we basically have a free shot at him. He's still not training with the Southampton squad as far as I know so it seems there's no reason we shouldn't get him... I like Cahill a lot for his character, big goals in big moments, that he's British etc but VVD is a class above IMO.

So we're being outspent by bournemouth, huddersfield, newcastle and leicester (not to mention by MU, MC, arse and scousers) at the moment... Also I just read that Roman is getting divorced with his wife of like 10 years, Daria Zhukova... maybe this has had an impact on his involvement in transfers this summer? Obviously I have no clue and am just speculating but it could be... In any case, I can see us doing a big late push and getting a few players in, van dijk and drinkwater seem the most likely at the moment and I would welcome both tbh (drinkwater as a competent back up midfielder). There is also news that liverpool has pulled out of signing van dijk altogether, with him currently on strike at his club asking for a move away, I hope and think we should be able to close that deal