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Just feels like an absolute vacuum at the moment in terms of actual links, esp after Maddison and Szobs went elsewhere. Only things in the papers seem speculative at best. No doubt the club working hard. Hoping for Diaby or someone out the blue.

They all want to be the next Lucas Piazon/Kenedey evidently Everyone trying to copy the Madrid model of buying rated Brazilians direct from Brazil basically. Chelsea see something work for another team then copy it with the subtlety of a brick to the face.

I just assumed we’d let him go on holiday given the short amount of down time and high number of games for him last season

It sort of feel that the wedge you make from selling decent youngsters down the league covers you for making these sort of deals, if that makes sense. Chelsea, City, Liverpool etc can pay that little bit extra that prices us out on a domestic player as they can likely sell a youth player for 15m+ who’s never gonna properly break into the team (or perhaps is never intended to). You can tell that’s where we are putting a lot of effort in.

As I’ve said before it’s basically impossible to buy domestically for a reasonable price anymore unless a team is actively looking to sell. May boil over in a few years if players feel they are being blocked in their career progression. Someone like Pacqueta could reasonably expect to play a top tier club at some point in his career but now is at risk of basically being stuck at West Ham unless someone slaps 100m down.

Just bring in Chiesa

That’s about the going rate if not slightly below, didn’t they sign him him for £17m?

James is injured all the time tbf

Chelsea linked in the Mirror this morning Sigh

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PIF are providing additional funding to all the teams just they have full control over those four. Every club will be getting at least marquee player I think.

The way I look at it is we’ve bought a guy who was pretty much an ever present in a title winning team aged 21 who certainly hasn’t hit his ceiling yet. £55m is more that market rate for that quality.

Double reveal with Chiesa

They sell Killman and Collins and they are down to about 1 English speaking squad member

Didn’t realise Killman was this highly rated

Is Pulisic really that bad or is it a case of Chelsea sucking the life out of what makes a player good, which they have multiple times? Not saying we should be after him just seems quite a fall from grace, esp as he’s still quite young.

Ziyech’s transfer falls through again Failed his medical apparently

It was ranked 52nd before the window. They’ve added quality but not depth. Probably about 45th now

So many non updates from the rumour merchants. People go stir crazy in the off season man.

Well he’s actually from Milan would probably get lynched if he didn’t tow the party line.

I’ve always felt it’s for sale but only for an amount well above it’s actual value, walk away money, if that makes sense. Otherwise why would you sell an asset that makes you money each year which you don’t have to put your own dollar into. Either way we are fully into the transfer window now, would be very hard to have much of a plan if it was to to go through now.

Been really impressed with him in the u21s. Fact that he’s starting for them consistently shows he’s rated in the England set up. Think he’ll have a much better season. The amount of people (mostly scousers) desperate for him to fail will be getting converted to motivation by Eddie and the team.

My theory is that some of the DH gate stuff is made in the same factories, so are effectively identical. Perhaps any surplus they make just gets sold directly. All these major manufacturers are a number of subcontractors removed from where the stuff is actually made. Wouldn’t surprise me.