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Nkunku was a PSG reject before Leipzig where he got Bundesliga player of the season. So he's already resurrected his career once. I see potential value there, especially with the crazy valuations we keep hearing for other players. He's versatile and that's something we could certainly do with. All depends on whether Eddie likes him though.

Chelsea are of course a decent proposition for any player. They can pay big wages and win trophies on a regular basis. The annoyance is that their PSR headroom, which is already miles above the likes of Newcastle due to pre-PSR investment by a Russian oligarch, is artificially inflated by the sale of hotels and women's football teams to sister companies.

Airports still an advantage I’d imagine. That and a ever so slightly warmer climate.

Isn’t the London thing outdated from a time when footballers went out on the town and into nightclubs. Most players are teetotal and committed to their fitness and health nowadays, where London has no advantage whatsoever. Unless he’s just really into theatre?

O'Reilly is a really good player, if he falls down the pecking order fldue to all the midfielders they have, then we should be all over trying to lure him away

Man city not looking the best, I still say Pep should have left after he won the Champions league.

I'd be surprised if Joao Pedro didn't already live in London or nearby anyway tbh, it's hardly far.

Aye it's not great news and we do have a track record of moving early. The last 3 were all considered coups and have proved important to us in different ways. It's not the end of the world and we can still do great business in the window. But it hasn't been a good start and there's obvious disruption upstairs.

I was going to say, the area Chelsea is in is really nice if not expensive (not a problem for footballers obviously) Unlike say where Spurs is located, which actually is a shithole

Can Chelsea just get their signings over and done with so the rest of the league can buy players without them reading about it on Twitter and putting a bid in too?

Guessing an owners and trainers badge

Fair

Lovely suit Harvey has on but what's the tag hanging from his button?

Other than that though...

Aye, Benwell.

Yep, it’s horrific looking back. Great documentary though.

They bought PSG due to the WC bid - Nicholas Sarkozy is a fan of the club and wanted them to buy it, and Platini had a key vote on the 2022 WC bid, along with the Al-Thani ties with France. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jun/18/sarkozy-psg-bein-sports-questions-michel-platini-qatar-2022-world-cup

Fuck me, that's an uncomfortable watch. Don't remember it like that at all. 😬

Chelsea is high end London as well. It might not have a historically huge supporter base, but you can imagine it would be a top attraction for foreign players wanting to be in London.

Got ourselves another edge of your seat thriller in the CWC, is it?

I feel like the only way to do deals quickly or decisively is to either be one of the elite clubs or just spend money like it's no object in the way that Man City or Chelsea do. Apart from that you are going to either have to be lucky to find a player who really wants to come and doesn't have other offers to consider, or a club that really wants to sell for financial reasons. Only so many players fall into that category and it might not be the ones we want.

Foden scores. 1-0

I don't follow French football so not about to argue. I just assumed because they represented Paris that made them the biggest club in France. Even so, I imagine that's what attracted the Qataris when they wanted to buy into the French league.

Their turnover is double ours - I think it is quite likely that they’ll have success again. London is shit - if you’re poor. Last I checked most Chelsea players are not in the lower strata of the socio-economic ladder. Most footballers - particularly those from overseas - are far more likely to choose to live in London than Newcastle. I would if I was them - and I’m from Newcastle.

This time last year I would rather of had Nkunku, but after watching him last season and the fact he's 28 this year, no thanks