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conte has considered this and is seemingly going for it, of course we as fans will consider it when it's being reported

if conte wants him, that's more than enough for me (I wanted him regardless )

is that jim white dude reliable? i know he's always around on transfer deadline day but no clue if he's "in the know"

he doesn't seem too certain... hope he's wrong

The forum can't seem to handle these geezer rumors, keeps going down every 2 minutes for me

probably nothing in this but I would take him back in a hearbeat

david luiz >>>> any of our transfer targets (bar maybe koulibaly but he doesn't seem to be available)

does anyone know wtf is going on with this supposed transfer? di marzio says we're in negotiations and their sporting director says we aren't

ffs this brozovic dude coming and cesc going out? that would be an absolutely horrible move in my opinion but have to trust Conte.... really don't want cesc to go though, his limited sub appearances this season have been fantastic

some stats to highlight how stupid the situation we find ourselves in is:

oh ok I thought you were still waiting on the translation

i translated it on the previous page

"After Koulibaly, CFC set their sights on another Serie A defender. They have submitted a 42M euro offer with bonuses included for Alessio Romagnoli"

Sport and Diario Sport are not reliable then I take it (don't know if it's the same paper or two different ones)?

yeah except it's not that easy in reality when you're trying to buy a player that the player's club does not want to sell. We are operating under the idea that eventually they'll cave if we propose enough money. The problem is that according to various reports, we have been offering more and more money (reportedly up to 60M pounds) and as of now De Laurentis and Napoli have stood firm and said no. Whether they are cunning, knowing we are desperate and will keep upping our bids, or simply want to keep the player because he is important for them, is anyone's guess. But to suggest the club isn't offering enough in this case is off the mark if reports are to be believed (the ones claiming we are offering between 50-60M pounds for him). The club are actually going above and beyond what we, as fans, would expect from them (i.e. bidding world record sums for a defender who's only recently started attracting attention for his play in the last year). It's not my money so if the club think they can afford to bid 60M pounds on defenders, more power to them... just hope it works and we get him

pay "what fee"? we're rumored to be bidding between 50-60M pounds already... they don't have a set fee at which they'll let him go, they're trying to hold on to him from what's being reported

lol at the idea that A, bonucci is available and B that he would cost so little given recent transfer prices Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

that's a good discussion actually: james or lukaku? xPetrCechx posted a quote a few pages where james claimed madrid received a 85M euro bid for him. That's more or less the 75M pounds everton want for lukaku... not sure who i would go for between these two: lukaku is younger and proven 15-20 goal scorer in PL whereas james has the potential to be a sanchez/hazard type talent if he plays his best PS: for the record, james isn't "slow", he is just average speed ...

great post from the match thread bro, do you have anymore amazing insight? Great performance by the team, lacked just that bit of creativity without fab in there but still looked good overall... hopefully one or two more signings and we can compete for the league

he's his best bro at napoli Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

nice finally some seemingly good news Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

if we get matuidi, i'd prefer to keep matic and move on someone like mikel instead but he would more likely be a matic replacement i think...

we should have sold papy to them instead of sunderland

I know it's goal.com but this guy Nizar Kinsella has shown to be somewhat in the know at chelsea (he's their chelsea correspondent) @chelsea_hq i met this great man. thats why i was there. and mahrez arrived when I left pic.twitter.com/7x7V05hY0Q — AlessandroLondon! (@AlessandroLdn) August 8, 2016 Leicester City's owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha took to Instagram last Friday to insist that the PFA Player of the Year was not for sale but Chelsea still hold hope that they can conclude a deal. Claudio Ranieri, though, has admitted that Mahrez - who was seen at the Chelsea Harbour Hotel - has been distracted by talk of a move away. Mahrez was instrumental as Leicester shocked the football world by winning the Premier League title last season, scoring 17 goals and contributing 11 assists. http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2892/transfer-zone/2016/08/09/26354232/chelsea-rumours-intensify-after-conte-mahrez-spotted-at-same?ICID=HP_BN_5