That would be waste of time. The board are never going to pay up the full price for Sandro. Infact I don't even like the idea of getting Shaw. There is nothing between him and Baba, both poor defensively, both have had bad injuries and pretty much the same age.
We do have RLC who is doing well on loan at Palace.
Yeah and even Pasalic who has played well at a high level for about 2 seasons now.
Van Ginkel too.
Conte isn't sure if Courtois wants to stay, contract negotiations are stalling and Courtois is constantly courting Real Madrid.
wouldn't say no for a cheap fee or on a free, but if we have to spend serious money, the only ones worthy would be Neuer, De Gea or Ter Stegen. Maybe this Ederson kid at city
Not really. Fabregas played midweek and may be tired. Also, Liverpool don't give teams much space to operate in, Fabregas struggles in those conditions and so Drinkwater may be the better option. Conte may also want more defensive solidity that Drinkwater brings.
Not up to speed with the club news are ya old fella. He has refused several offers of a renewal and is holding out for an unrealistic contract. I hope the club doesn't renew and sign an up-n-comer like city signed Ederson.
None of those keepers would be available. Either Madrid sign the Bilbao kid on free or pay £30m-ish for Courtois. Don't think there are any other options.
I seriously don't even understand what the feck is going on any more with out transfers.
I agree that our summer business was quite bizarre. We could have kept Zouma for backup and use the Rudiger money to strengthen our wing backs. With the numerous games we have this season, he would have played enough.
That's not how clubs with pragmatic boards like Chelsea work. They may be penny pinchers but they aren't stupid to pursue a player if it was obvious he was unobtainable at the start. Maybe he is now but with Sandro's form this season, they might well try again next summer. As for Rose, I would have liked to see the Board stir the pot at Spurs and Rose is certainly not regarded as highly at Spurs as Sandro is at Juventus.
No chance of that ever happening. The Board will only succeed in buying big to replace like for like e.g. if Hazard leaves and will not inject world class talent into other positions.
Yes he may be compared to Fellaini but he's 23 yrs and has room for improvement, how old is Fellaini again? Just like Salah was mocked back then but look at him today. I would rather have a young struggling Bakayoko than an old excellent Matic.
But Matic is no midfield Messi.
He hasn't been good but just for context, let's remember he's started the season not fit and coming back from a bad injury. I have never rated him that highly tbh but the injury hasn't helped him. Saying you'd prefer him over Matic is real stupidity.
Yeah Butland would be an okay choice. Though I would still hope that the club find someone similar to Ederson, that guy has got mental dribbling skills for a GK. A proper cross between DeGea and Neuer. I don't know how do city even find these guys.
Chalobah was never going to stay since he wanted guaranteed game time to get in England squad for the summer. We should have none the less bought one high quality player than two sub-par CMs in Baka and Drinkwater.
Well there is always that slim chance of it happening. Even if it doesn't happen, fecking with spurs would be great fun.
Almost no player is unobtainable from the start. Transfers of high profile players between big clubs work through intermediaries and agents. Chelsea don't inquire about the player's availability with juventus, because juventus would tell them the player's not for sale. They talk with the agent, agree on wages, THEN the agent, not the club, goes to juventus to tell them of the offer and that the player wants to go. Then chelsea and the agent work together to try and bring juventus to the table. They couldn't, because juventus were willing to give the player a big raise and chelsea weren't willing to offer the outrageous money it would have taken to convince juventus to let him go. Being unwilling to blow £80m on alex sandro is not exactly penny pinching...
