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Manolas would be great but I'm not really sure why we seem so desperate to get a CB when we have much more pressing needs... I guess adding a quality player is never a bad thing though

then we will have tried our best to keep him by signing a great attacking manager that a lot of Chelsea fans would have loved to have at Chelsea regardless of hazard situation and we will have gotten rid of conte, a negative, whining manager who doesn't seem to be able to motivate the team like he did in his first year... sacking conte is the right thing to do regardless

to the people saying we should keep conte, did you watch last season at all and the way we played? did you watch any of his press conferences where all he did was whine every time? have you followed all the displeasure the players voiced about him in various subtle and not so subtle ways? i just don't get certain fans on here...

all the hopes of chelsea fans across the world are hinging on the reporting of this pedulla guy, really hope he's right lol

disagree, I'm ready to bet 100$ conte will not be in charge next season... I think it does really have to do with not wanting to pay Conte 9M and 8M to get Sarri. To me it looks like they're waiting on someone to move for Conte so they won't have to pay his full sevrance... hopefully they have a deadline for this and won't wait all summer

they came 4th miles behind city with Salah being the best player in the league by far... their probelm isn't their attack/mf and I'm happy for them to keep loading up on AMs and CMs, their defense is so-so and their goalkeeping is average. If they sign Alisson + top CB then I'd see them as title favorites But yeah contrasted to our summer they are miles ahead of us a this point, just hope we get sarri and make a few splashes in the market ourselves

exactly, of all the weeks to take off during the year, it had to be end of May and beginning of June? the few weeks between the season and the start of the world cup...? loll

according to this French RTL journalist with 15K followers, we are in very advanced talks with Seri! great news if true, I rate him highly, barca almost signed him last summer too... the reporter says Seri is roman's personal choice but I think it's more likely it's the board's choice... I'm happy wither way if we get this through

tbf, he'd be stupid to purposely walk away with nothing if he knows that he can wait a few weeks and get 9M lol

does anyone else think that is way too much for Lemar? I'd rather that money go to an icardi buyout clause... his stats are pretty underwhelming, worse than willian and in a siginificantly worse league too...

can anyone confirm if this is true? if so Sarri isn’t really helping in terms of making this process as smooth as possible lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

oh ffs if we bail on sarri because of some controversial insults he used in a heated row with some other manager, I'll be super pissed... I'm sure most players and managers have already shouted things they regret in the heat of the moment. If this is the reason we don't go for him it's truly laughable

Skysports confirms that he is as dedicated to Chelsea as ever so I think the talks of him selling are just fear mongering as things stand.... He loves Chelsea and I actually think this may be good news for us in the short term, more cash for players and hopefully paying that Sarri clause lol

he denied that he's close to signing with scousers and said he's still talking to several clubs... we're still in the race baby (having a manager would probably help seal the deal lol)

How would you know unless you watched as well? niiiniii fc aside, this is a tactic that is used all the time in football negotiations, it's nothing new... As to him, I typically watch some of his videos to just catch up on the latest gossip. Anyone in their right mind would know he's not some sort of in-the-know insider but he does a good job aggregating the latest rumours. Don't always agree with his opinions but I think he's right in this case... not saying anything got leaked, just using logic to try to make sense of the gossip. If we end up with sarri, that will mean that the blanc interest was just a bluff as I suspect it is, we'll see...

I think this laurent blanc interest is a way to try to bluff ADL into not paying the 8M release clause by showing him we have other options... from everything I've been reading and hearing, we are pretty set on sarri. I'm worried this might piss off the unpredictable ADL and he'll be even tougher to do business with... technically, he can ask for whatever sum he wants for sari's release once May 31st has passed... ughhh I just want us to have a manager already and start buying players and planning for next season

8 minutes ago Sounds like Maurizio Sarri has joined his entourage in London now, according to @kisskissnapoli https://twitter.com/SiPhillipsSport/status/1000022772863721472

Spanish and Italian sources claim #CFC could offer Alvaro Morata plus €40m for #FCIM hitman Mauro Icardi https://www.football-italia.net/121869/morata-and-€40m-icardi

that would make sense

Pleeeeeeeease announce conte sacking and sarri appointment already

get it done, Tony!

unless we can sell him for a very decent amount and get in someone like lewandwoski, icardi or cavani, I think we should keep him... drogba had a poor first year for us and eventually became our all time best striker so you never know

you still didn't explain how brexit is even remotely related....

so the latest news is jardim stays at monaco and sarri wants to leave napoli? i could swear their situations change and flip each day... hope roman’s people can make one of these happen even while roman is locked out of UK with visa issues... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hope this VISA issue is sorted out ASAP! we won 15 trophies in 15 years under Roman’s rule, long may it continue! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk