TheHulk 2,647 Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 Get him in. lucio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,105 Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 Kante's Saudi move hits medical snag: club source Riyadh (AFP) – World Cup-winning France midfielder N'Golo Kante's planned move to Saudi side Al-Ittihad is being stalled by medical issues, a club source told AFP on Thursday. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230608-kante-s-saudi-move-hits-medical-snag-club-source Kante, 32, has a history of injuries and missed six months of Chelsea's Premier League season with a hamstring problem. The Al-Ittihad source said Kante had signed a binding agreement but the club were examining the results of medical tests before agreeing a final deal. On Tuesday, the Jeddah-based club officially unveiled 35-year-old French Ballon d'Or-winner Karim Benzema as the biggest signing in their history. "Kante signed a binding agreement, not a final contract," the source said. "We still review the medical checkup result. He has a long injury history and we want to be careful before signing a huge contract." Benzema's signing came after Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo joined Saudi Arabia's Al-Nassr in January in a deal said to be worth more than 400 million euros ($431 million). Benzema and Kante are on a list of around 10 targets who have been contacted by Saudi officials, a source close to the negotiations told AFP last week. Argentina's Lionel Messi announced on Wednesday he had turned down a blockbuster deal in Saudi Arabia in favour of joining MLS side Inter Miami. © 2023 AFP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,280 Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 Appears Havertz to Madrid isn’t the sure thing it was assumed the other day. If he doesn’t go to Madrid or some other non-PL club we should not even entertain selling him to a rival. I’m perfectly fine keeping hold of him. NikkiCFC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turgi 71 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 I can't see how this puzzle becomes a decent team for next season. Too much dead wood that won't generate enough money. And the targets we do go for, we don't seem to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,105 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 out! Edouard Mendy Kepa Arrizabalaga Kalidou Koulibaly Trevoh Chalobah Marc Cucurella César Azpilicueta Conor Gallagher Ruben Loftus-Cheek Mason Mount Christian Pulisic Hakim Ziyech Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang — DF Wales WAL Ethan Ampadu (at Spezia until 30 June 2023) — DF Ghana GHA Baba Rahman (at Reading until 30 June 2023) — DF France FRA Malang Sarr (at Monaco until 30 June 2023) — DF England ENG Dujon Sterling (at Stoke City until 30 June 2023) — MF England ENG Tino Anjorin (at Huddersfield Town until 30 June 2023) — MF France FRA Tiémoué Bakayoko (at AC Milan until 30 June 2023) — FW England ENG Callum Hudson-Odoi (at Bayer Leverkusen until 30 June 2023) — FW Belgium BEL Romelu Lukaku (at Inter Milan until 30 June 2023) mkh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,105 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Bakayoko grabs attention in car accident https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtOcePtPLI6/ bigbluewillie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,227 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 15 hours ago, chelsea_4_eva said: He doesn't mind playing in the championship? That article was from April. No chance he moves to Leicester now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbluewillie 1,977 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 3 hours ago, Vesper said: Bakayoko grabs attention in car accident https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtOcePtPLI6/ Shocked he can afford the Lambo, fucking hell they are def paying him too much🤣 Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,765 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 And the surprise that hits me that Kante to Saudi hits a snag because of medical issues🙄 We will probably welcome him back with open arms and he signs a five year deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegetable 830 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 8 hours ago, Reddish-Blue said: Why did we even bother signing this guy? Just let him go on a free like Barkley...he's got zero chances of playing here again and I'm not sure why he is being loaned out, he's not a 'potential' first team player that we are hoping will develop. He was free and on every wonderkind list possible for a long time, including this board. Shifting this kind of players for profit was pretty much the business model of the loan army, so that's why, but truth to be told, he seems to have had stopped developing after joining us (so quite typical). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,791 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 8 hours ago, Reddish-Blue said: Why did we even bother signing this guy? Just let him go on a free like Barkley...he's got zero chances of playing here again and I'm not sure why he is being loaned out, he's not a 'potential' first team player that we are hoping will develop. He's being loaned out because no one wants to buy him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,791 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 I wouldn't be surprised if Arsenal try to sign both Rice and Caicedo. They need to replace Jorginho and Xhaka both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,765 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Rice is defo off to Arsenal, no doubt about it. I just really worry we are going to miss out on all our main targets Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,598 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 12 minutes ago, Special Juan said: Rice is defo off to Arsenal, no doubt about it. I just really worry we are going to miss out on all our main targets As usual... Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DH1988 1,356 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 I'd love to see what goes on in a typical month inside the negotiation team etc because we seem to do our business backwards, all the news on XYZ players leaving, terms agreed and such, albeit gossip(ish) and all I would be thinking on the opposite side, say Brighton, is adding more to the price tag of Cai etc. as it's just a given we will panic and put ourselves in a terrible negotiating position - That said, glad we missed out on Ugarte. I was still under the impression we needed to register sales before end of June in order for them to count toward FFP balances, again if I knew that as the opposing club... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DH1988 1,356 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Couldn't care about losing out on Rice, conbative and plays for the badge sure absolutely, but he doesn't add another dimension to Arsenal other than legs. Would it be good to have him? Sure, Chelsea lad, but at £90m?? We’ve been done over by the return love story previously, Romelu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,765 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 I think at the front of the line now must be someone who fights for the badge because that is half the problem, in fact most of the problem. Rice would offer legs, grit, fight and most of all would care. OneMoSalah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulvhedin 526 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 About Malang Sarr - we signed him for free, loaned him out 2 times for around 3 m, he was used as backup for one season, he is not on massive wages. He was a gamble that didn't get us much profit, but didn't cost us much (or even brought small profit). I don't understand why are you all crying about this. I know you guys like to be negative about everything but Sarr is bad example. Vegetable, OhForAGreavsie and ltblue 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 6 minutes ago, Special Juan said: I think at the front of the line now must be someone who fights for the badge because that is half the problem, in fact most of the problem. Rice would offer legs, grit, fight and most of all would care. He’s a carthorse. Bulky version of gallagher. Would be worth £10m if he was foreign bigbluewillie and Norfolkblue1961 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,765 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Sounds like if Real fail with Kane they will go for Lautaro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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