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[NikkiCFC 7,944]

Joyce is tiar 1 reliable. 

Question. Why we didn't go for Onana 6 months ago when Everton signed him for 33m? Is this panic buy?

[Pizy 18,368]

8 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Joyce is tiar 1 reliable. 

Question. Why we didn't go for Onana 6 months ago when Everton signed him for 33m? Is this panic buy?

Definitely looks like a panic buy if it happens. And for the opposite sort of profile we should targeting in such a key position on the pitch. Onana is undoubtedly very talented and is a massive human being that can be physically intimidating, but he’s still very, very raw and inconsistent. That’s not at all what we need. We need a refined, calm, highly technical CM.

Onana would be more a]of a long term Kante successor. What we need more urgently is a long term Jorginho successor.

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23 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Definitely looks like a panic buy if it happens. And for the opposite sort of profile we should targeting in such a key position on the pitch. Onana is undoubtedly very talented and is a massive human being that can be physically intimidating, but he’s still very, very raw and inconsistent. That’s not at all what we need. We need a refined, calm, highly technical CM.

Onana would be more a]of a long term Kante successor. What we need more urgently is a long term Jorginho successor.

Although I 100% agree... . I  do think we need a new preconce in mid, somebody who can break play up and get about the oppositions mid. At least Onana can do that    but I wouldn't not want us to pay big money for him. Obviously Enzo is the top target. 

[Tomo 21,733]

Obviously Enzo is the dream but based on what Everton fans are saying on GOT Onana won't be a bad signing atall, quite the opposite infact.

[Pizy 18,368]

Anyways, Everton are in a fight for their PL lives. They’re about to sell their best young talent Gordon to Newcastle. Why would they also sell Onana who they just bought a few months ago? Plus, they’re having big trouble currently even getting a new manager.

It’s like they’re asking to get relegated.

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4 hours ago, Pizy said:

Anyways, Everton are in a fight for their PL lives. They’re about to sell their best young talent Gordon to Newcastle. Why would they also sell Onana who they just bought a few months ago? Plus, they’re having big trouble currently even getting a new manager.

It’s like they’re asking to get relegated.

Yep, both Lavia and Onana may only be available in the summer.

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On 24/01/2023 at 12:03, Reddish-Blue said:

it'll be Caicedo for the 75 that Brighton want.

I do not think they will accept £75m

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On 24/01/2023 at 20:27, TheHulk said:

Sangare or Alvarez.

Hell NO

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On 24/01/2023 at 20:50, Pizy said:

Enzo IS worth the €100m price

Not €100m

€120m (£105.5m)

And now some are saying Benfica is demanding we pay the taxes too (I think it's bullshit, I don't see it being enforceable)

So an insane €160m (£141m)

Enzo is not worth 160m euros, sorry

Even Bellingham is not worth that (maybe close, but I say £125/130m MAX.

IF that €160m is an enforceable price, forget Enzo.

Only 2 players on the planet worth that are Mbappe and Håland. No one else is close to them atm.

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Chelsea defender Bashir Humphreys to join Paderborn on loan

https://theathletic.com/4125717/2023/01/25/Chelsea-youngster-bashir-humphreys-paderborn-loan-transfer/

Chelsea academy defender Bashir Humphreys is joining 2. Bundesliga side Paderborn on loan until the end of the season.

Humphreys, 19, has been regularly involved in first-team training sessions under Graham Potter and made his senior debut for Chelsea earlier this month at centre-back alongside Kalidou Koulibaly in a 4-0 loss to Manchester City at Etihad Stadium in the FA Cup third round.

He will continue his development in Germany’s second tier and his arrival is one of the first deals overseen by Benjamin Weber, Thomas Tuchel’s trusted analyst and assistant at Chelsea, since his appointment as Paderborn’s sporting director at the start of 2023.

Clubs in the Championship and League One also expressed interest in loaning Humphreys, who has represented England at U16 and U19 level, but the player and Chelsea’s new technical director Christopher Vivell both regarded Paderborn as a suitable environment for him to gain more first-team experience and refine his game.

Paderborn currently lie sixth in 2. Bundesliga and there is a possibility that the loan agreement could be renewed for next season if they gain promotion to Germany’s top flight.

Humphreys is contracted to Chelsea until June 2024, with an option to extend for a further year.

Chelsea development squad teammate Dion Rankine is expected to sign a new contract this week that will keep him at the club until June 2025.

The 20-year-old winger, who has also played at wing-back during his progression through the Cobham academy, was set to become a free agent this summer and was being pursued by several lower league English clubs.

It is yet to be decided whether Rankine will stay at Chelsea or depart in January to join one of the clubs in England or continental Europe who have expressed interest in taking him on loan.

[Special Juan 27,424]

Lyon have contacted Spurs about Dejed Spence as Gusto looks like he's off

[Jype 6,398]

If Enzo and Caicedo aren't available might as well just not buy anyone rather than panic buy Onana for 50M or anything like that.

Just finalize the Gusto deal, go the rest of the season with what we already have and have another look at the midfield situation in the summer. 

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45 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Lyon have contacted Spurs about Dejed Spence as Gusto looks like he's off

Sauce mate? 

[Costa19 858]

9 minutes ago, Jype said:

If Enzo and Caicedo aren't available might as well just not buy anyone rather than panic buy Onana for 50M or anything like that.

Just finalize the Gusto deal, go the rest of the season with what we already have and have another look at the midfield situation in the summer. 

Ill rip my hair off and go bald if we panic sign someone like Alvarez. 
 
Better get Zakaria fit and grind out the season as you said. 

[lluubbeenn 142]

Even if sign Enzo and Caicedo we are not winning anything. We have Kante, Jorgi, Kova, Zakaria, RLC and you can add Chukwuemeka Gallagher and Mount for 2 to 3 positions on the pitch. How can you build a new squad with 40 players. We should get Gusto before United if possible, but that is that. Wait until the summer to sell/release players and start from scratch.

If GP wants to start playing with a lone DM we can try Zakaria/Kante or even Chalobah there for the rest of the players to start getting used to it and buy the new guy in the summer.

[NikkiCFC 7,944]

11 minutes ago, Costa19 said:

Sauce mate? 

Pesto. 

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2 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Pesto. 

 

[NikkiCFC 7,944]

7 minutes ago, lluubbeenn said:

How can you build a new squad with 40 players. 

We have 32 players currently and this is without academy guys that played some minutes this season. Add Gusto and MF. When players are back fit we gonna have one full team not even making the bench. 5 days left. When we gonna sell/loan some players? 

Slonina, Hall, Fofana should go on loan, maybe even CC. RLC and Ziyech sold.