To be honest the best we can hope for is Luiz pinging balls for Pepe and Auba to score.

Dont underestimate the impact of Ceballos and Luiz passing from the back and between the lines.

Don't forget Ozil coming off the bench to collect balls between the lines from Luiz and Ceballos next to tired midfielders. Slipping it through to Aubameyang.

Luiz is not the best defender but from what I read of Chelsea fans opinions of him hes a great leader and a great character in the dressing room to have. Will help our young defenders and perfect if we switch to back 3 anytime. He is more mature now and has tried to move to us for a few windows now finally getting his wish. Good relationship with Edu and Emery is a plus.

Spurs is signing Sessesgnon for 30m and Lo Celso for 60m. They kept all their key players so it's a pretty good window for them, 3 very good players. Will anyone swap our window for theirs? I wont.

Not going to pretend to be pleased about Luiz. He's shit and an absolute clown. Would rather settle for Rugani.

We've had a remarkable window but this one would put a dampener on it for me.

Gazza M wrote:
Claudius wrote:

Papers saying Spurs have reached agreements with both Le Celso and Dybala

pochs temper tantrums might've worked

lo celso, ndombele, dybala, + keeping everyone at the club gives them a huge boost going into their new stadium cycle. was hoping they'd crater horribly

Blame Dortmund for letting them go on that run

Luiz is an upgrade on Mustafi. He’s not top tier, but he’s enough to give Holding space to recuperate properly. That said, we open the league with Xhaka and an imperfect backline against many big teams. Emery might be tempted to go negative and field 3 at the back.

Clrnc wrote:

Luiz is not the best defender but from what I read of Chelsea fans opinions of him hes a great leader and a great character in the dressing room to have. Will help our young defenders and perfect if we switch to back 3 anytime. He is more mature now and has tried to move to us for a few windows now finally getting his wish. Good relationship with Edu and Emery is a plus.

Spurs is signing Sessesgnon for 30m and Lo Celso for 60m. They kept all their key players so it's a pretty good window for them, 3 very good players. Will anyone swap our window for theirs? I wont.

if they get dybala on top of those, then yes i'd say they'd outperformed us. the fuckers

if they don't, i'd rate our window higher. but then again, we had to have a huge window, and we'll need to have at least 1 more of this magnitude in order to move ahead of them

also, am i the only one that thinks lo celso doesn't look that good? he seems pretty bland, like ander herrera. poch might have his albiceleste tinted glasses on

I don’t think Spurs’ window is anywhere near as good as ours.

Honestly Pepe is going to take our attack to the next level.

Plus the Tierney and Saliba deals are excellent long term investments

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I don’t think Spurs’ window is anywhere near as good as ours.

Honestly Pepe is going to take our attack to the next level.

Tierns will improve us massively as well defensively. I'm just praying Holding and Bellerin come back strong. Then we're set. Luiz can ride the bench. Next year Saliba comes in and takes over.

Pepe will help defensively too as his presence means teams will be wary of coming on to us

Ceballos will be more efficient in possession and I have a feeling Willock will have a break out season

Lots to look forward to

Been a good window in an attacking sense, though I'm still not happy with the temporary nature of Ceballos. But Luiz would put a real dampener on it for me too. Feel like the area that needed the most improvement has got worse with Koscielny out and Luiz in and we're set to lineup with Xhaka in front of Mustafi and Luiz.

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invisibleman18 wrote:

Been a good window in an attacking sense, though I'm still not happy with the temporary nature of Ceballos. But Luiz would put a real dampener on it for me too. Feel like the area that needed the most improvement has got worse with Koscielny out and Luiz in and we're set to lineup with Xhaka in front of Mustafi and Luiz.

Put it this way.

Kos + Monreal <<<< Luiz + Tierney

And if he costs 5-8m it's a good deal. Chelsea fans are absolutely livid at that price suggestion 

By the way Lequipe says Rugani and Upamecano no go, Luiz priority with Umtiti as backup option.

I would have gone for the other way round.

#AFC have a draft agreement with Juve over a two-year loan deal with a mandatory purchase for Rugani. A meeting around lunchtime in Milano to close the deal. Clubs in a race against the clock [Sportitalia]

Rugani-#AFC: We are at the photo finish. No more time for a flight to London so efforts to close the deal will be in a summit in Milano. An operation strategy similar to Lukaku/Inter. Rugani said 'yes', Juve open to selling. Time's ticking [@AlfredoPedulla]

Musti our Luiz and Upa in would be insane. I’d be so full of happies

Worry is if Rugani and Luiz come in and are reasonable we won’t go back in for Upa next summer and will settle

Luiz for £8m at 32 with something left to prove will be decent value if it happens.

I don't have faith in Holding to lock down a spot at CB for a while as he warms back up, so any other established CB would really feel great.

I'm enjoying the way we're doing business, for sure.

Gazza M wrote:

also, am i the only one that thinks lo celso doesn't look that good? he seems pretty bland, like ander herrera. poch might have his albiceleste tinted glasses on

I remember thinking that exactly when he was at PSG. I couldn't work out why Emery kept playing him. He was just as bland as can be, nothing about his game stood out. I did see one game with him playing right wing at Copa last month and he was half decent there. Nothing to write home about, but he did a few good things and looked a bit quicker than when he was at PSG; not hard because he looked slow as molasses there.

If they're signing Lo Celso regardless of whether Eriksen leaves, then it's not a bad signing, but if he's the Dane's replacement, it's a downgrade, for sure.

I'm hoping the Dybala rumours are just them thinking why not give it a try before they've sealed Lo Celso because Dybala is a 3 levels up from him. I can't see room for both.

Clrnc wrote:
invisibleman18 wrote:

Been a good window in an attacking sense, though I'm still not happy with the temporary nature of Ceballos. But Luiz would put a real dampener on it for me too. Feel like the area that needed the most improvement has got worse with Koscielny out and Luiz in and we're set to lineup with Xhaka in front of Mustafi and Luiz.

Put it this way.

Kos + Monreal <<<< Luiz + Tierney

And if he costs 5-8m it's a good deal. Chelsea fans are absolutely livid at that price suggestion 

Not if Tierney is another Rosicky.  When is he likely to be available?

A week or two was what Lennon said.

Only a 2 year deal, that's good. Also 8 milion is nothing. Basically we got Kos out and Luiz in for almost the same money.

8m is an excellent fee, Chelsea fans are going absolutely crazy 😆

Do we have room for one more? Iwobi for Zaha please since Palace is signing Sarr

Do we need one more if Mustafi leaves? Could do with Umtiti on loan :p

Clrnc wrote:

8m is an excellent fee, Chelsea fans are going absolutely crazy 😆

Do we have room for one more? Iwobi for Zaha please since Palace is signing Sarr

I can see that! Hopefully there’s time

This window is turning out brilliantly. Luiz for 8m is good business.

Clrnc wrote:

Do we need one more if Mustafi leaves? Could do with Umtiti on loan :p

Sounds like Rugani

Not massively happy with that. CB was an area we desperately need quality and Mustafi,Sokratis aren't that. I felt we needed 2 in that position but certainly a quality CB and get rid of Mustafi.

To me it looks like we've failed on that front.

Luiz is an experienced strong character

Also helps to keep the profile of the club high

He wants crazy money, I really hope this fucks up the salary system there and they all ask for raises.
If they get Lo Celso as well it will be Eriksen, Lo Celso, Dybala, Son, Kane, Moura. Can they fight for the title?

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Ffs, let's get Zaha then