If United lose out on De Jong, I'm sure they'll move for Tielemans so if we do hold an interest I think we would be best advised to move quickly to prevent giving Leicester a potential second buyer.
Only question mark over Tielemans is if he has the mentality to push himself. Either way at a cheap price it's worth it. At best he's a starter at worst he replaces Elneny.
Wages will be a concern. Pay him big bucks and we won't be able to move him along if he flops.
JazzG wrote: Is it just me or the Tweets take ages to load up on this page?
Is it just me or the Tweets take ages to load up on this page?
Same here, page becomes almost unusable especially on desktop.
Tambourine Man wrote: Wages will be a concern. Pay him big bucks and we won't be able to move him along if he flops.
You could say that about anyone we sign. To date in the PL at least he's been a significantly better player than Zinchenko for instance.
Cucuruella to Chelsea confirmed. 50m + Colwill
How much have Chelsea spent on their 2 LBs?
Don’t get Chelsea’s plans these days.
Chilwell and Cucurella at LB, converting Havertz into a CF, no plan for Ziyech, an aging midfield, etc
I think we have every chance to finish ahead of them
The good news is Boehly seems like a hot mess at the moment. I suspect he's trying to make an impression this summer, so if the bulk of it is going on aging CB, another wing back and an 18yr old who'll probably get about 5 mins of playing time, then all the better. Only worry is if they actually manage to land De Jong.
Brighton have denied a deal has been struck. Todd getting ahead of himself again.
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I did not know Luis Campos had taken over as DoF at PSG. That spells bad news for everyone else.
Seems a cheap price for Renato Sanches. btw.
Hmm, it's here we go-ed as well. Weird.
goon wrote: Brighton have denied a deal has been struck. Todd getting ahead of himself again.
Unusual for Romano to jump the gun, I had started to believe his "here we go!" was legally binding.
Chelsea obviously confirmed it on their end thinking it's done, or maybe it was his agent, but either way it seems highly unusul. Probably still have to trash out payment structure or something and someone jumped the gun.
Or Joan Laporta was having a boring Wednesday evening and thought he'd amuse himself...
Ricky1985 wrote: Or Joan Laporta was having a boring Wednesday evening and thought he'd amuse himself...
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Ricky1985 wrote: goon wrote: Brighton have denied a deal has been struck. Todd getting ahead of himself again. [Twitter] Unusual for Romano to jump the gun, I had started to believe his "here we go!" was legally binding.
He’s a Chelsea player. They are just waiting for that other kid to be sold to Brighton in the opposition direction before they announce it.
Fab’s ‘here we go’ is legally binding!
In other news:
If Chelsea pay for Auba and then keep us out of the top 4 I want everyone of Arteta, Edu and Josh banned from ever setting foot in the Emirates again.
ah geez imagine auba coming back to haunt us. he'll bang goals but I don't think he'll move the needle too much for Chelsea
Agreed, a front three of Sterling, Auba and Mount is nothing special. My bigger concern would be the quality of their defence and midfield if they land Fofana and FDJ.
