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would be amazing but the journalist who tweeted that doesn't seem to be too reliable

the telegraph have since removed that part of the article which said we are willing to sell to MU for 50M. Originally including this info seems to have been a mistake on their part.. I really don't want to help mourinho out in any way, shape or form. Let him struggle and end up with a midfielder whose worse than matic. Jose is a very smart squad builder and if he feels they really need him, that's reason enough not to sell to them imo

interesting, I hope psg don't get both neymar and sanchez though, they would move way ahead of us in the hierarchy of european super clubs (I'd say we are slightly ahead of them atm, if only for our CL win and the fact we play in a much, much more quality league)... Ideally, they fail with neymar but steal alexis from arsenal, I could live with that

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Chelsea is trying to close a deal to sign Alvaro Morata of Real Madrid. (@DavidAmoyal) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If I was CFC, I would have tacked on an extra year... He's one of, if not the, most sought after manager in the world at the moment. As things stand, we are scheduled to have another round of nail biting negotiations next summer when he will only have one year left on his contract

I wonder why didn't increase his salary AND extend his contract though... I also wonder which party was reluctant to extend, or maybe both

My bad, you guys are right, it's not an extension, it's more of a renegotiation of the last 2 years he had left on his contract.... weird.

IIRC his first contract was 2016-2019 and now with this new 2 year deal that takes him to 2021. Pretty good if you ask me, they were never going to extend much longer than that anyways

we got Conte until 2021 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼!!! Antonioooooooo

doesn't really make sense to start gauging who will finish where until teams finish their transfer business, at the moment we look like we are set for 4th-5th since we have no main striker, 3 midfielders etc but if we sign a ST, CM, RWB etc we will be in the mix for the title I think

Chelsea makes offer for Real Madrid's Danilo: Manchester City also interested "A possible future in the Premier League for Danilo. There are two English clubs that are interested in the Brazilian fullback. Chelsea have formulated an offer to the Spanish club, but Manchester City is also interested. A phone call from Guardiola and a Chelsea-Manchester City duel will also play out in the transfer market." http://gianlucadimarzio.com/en/chelsea-makes-offer-for-real-madrids-danilo-manchester-city-also-interested Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

"Milan are still looking to give Montella the gift of a new first team attacking option. The aces have remained the same as the names have consistently been Belotti, Kalinic, Aubameyang and Morata. On the latter, it seems that Chelsea at the moment are closest to signing the player from Real Madrid." http://gianlucadimarzio.com/en/milan-attacking-options-from-belotti-to-kalinic-through-aubameyang-chelsea-ahead-for-morata-the-situation Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I personally feel emanalo has done a fine job, landed us thibaut, hazard, kdb, lukaku, oscar, etc etc but by the same token, I don't think it's fair to label anyone who criticizes him "racist", people can have criticisms of him because of his perceived failings without it having anything to do with race Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think it has a good chance of happening, especially taking into account that we'll probably sell matic for 35-40M.. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

so we so far we got rudiger and bakayoko, that's pretty decent. If we were to wrap up danilo + sandro and sign a striker (belotti or aubameyang, morata looks to be staying), I would be very happy with this transfer window, what about you guys? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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didn't think of it that way but that does make more sense Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

so according to that tweet he liked, we're the ones who are refusing him? weird... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

the joke went waaaaaay over your head lol

I was initially of the same opinion as you (amazing player, very annoying and disruptive off the field so we better get rid) but am starting to rethink that. It's true that he's been a nuisance during almost all transfer windows but it's also true that despite that, we've won 3 trophies in 3 years with him as our main striker. I guess what I'm saying is that if Conte and him do manage to patch up their differences and Costa gives Chelsea some sort of assurances as to not being disruptive off the field, this whole mess we've enduring this transfer window might yet have a happy ending. If he refocuses, signs a new deal and it is clear in Chelsea's mind that he wants to be here (maybe not ahead of Atletico but still), we could save a lot of money that can be invested into great players that can help us way more than if we simply dropped 100M to go from Diego to Lukaku (which arguably is not even an upgrade) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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nah, lukaku >>> lacazette anyday there's a reason no one else battled for his signature, he isn't as good as lukaku/belotti/morata/etc