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I thought ASM could have an Almiron-esque season next year so I don’t like the news, especially not at 25m. I thought if anyone from the PL came in, it would be 40 and if it’s bloody Saudi, they would pay north if 50. The guy gets bums on seats, he’s a rare type of player that is exciting and worth the entry fee alone, so surprised it’s not translated into an inflated worth. Not as though he’s in his final year or he’s had a bad few years or anything. So it doesn’t make sense. If we sold for 25+ and it allowed us to get Barnes Chiesa Tierney, Livramento and Todibo it’s obviously a no brainer.

Seriously everyone is buying everyone except us

What happened to Veiga he has a similar profile to Szobzolai so would like to see an attempt made to sign him

Disasi makes sense as it solves the RCB AND the RB in one fell swoop - 30m I would like to see Lodi for LB as he did well at Forest in the end - loan again with obligation if need be Barnes I think would make sense to fill out the squad and he's defo useful - 25m But one big RW has to be the statement signing. A Chiesa loan to buy in additon to the others would honestly make it a 10/10 window and make for a squad ready to compete Perhaps it is one CM light but maybe Anderson stays in that case instead of going out on loan

That was a great window, entertainment wise! Every single day a juicy rumour it felt like and we enquired legitimately after so many players. Legendary and probably never to be repeated

Chiesa

What all this means essentially is this year is the redemption arc of ASM. Last summer when we were linked with Diaby and Maddison it was all about getting rid of Almiron and no end product etc and look what happened there. Mark my words, a worldie season coming up from ASM

Really?

Don’t think Barnes will be coming it doesn’t seem elite unless we’re looking for Targett and Burn level for LW. But wouldn’t make sense.

Chiesa is probably a better fit for the team in terms of needing a RW more than a RAM for 4-3-3 than Szobzolai. So all is forgiven if we can actually secure him - there is definitely method to the madness

If Shearer was still THAT Shearer after 97, there's no way he would have stayed through the Dalglish / Ruud Gullit era, he would have gone / been snapped up at once. We probably wouldn't have finished 13th either to be fair.

Ameobi looked like prime Asprilla in this game

Who would you rather, Chiesa or Szobzolai? A few years ago it would defo have been Chiesa. Just have to hope the injuries are healed and if so then very high ceiling

Never give up

Tbh I wouldn’t mind both Chiesa and Pulisic. It sorts out that position long term even in term of depth. Pulisic is cheap and had explosive potential that can be re-Howed. Chiesa on loan to start with would be a good move too. For 30m for both can’t go wrong.

Barnes is this summers Harrison

Chelsea at this point are an investment entity. Literally buying young assets that will appreciate in value. Pure cynical capitalist approach with sporting project a clear second. All the signings are young it’s like they’re trying to be a premium version of Southampton or Brighton instead of the CL club used to winning things

This would hurt as a miss more than Szob and Maddison

Those three would be great but Chiesa and Tierney have their fair share of injury issues so would be a signing light in attack

What I am concerned about is that everything is slow and almost too measured. Angelo who we’ve been linked to for years has gone for only 12m to Chelsea after they took the other young Brazilian we’ve been linked with in January Andrey Santos. So even the gems we’re not quick enough with and the likes of Minteh are not highly rated where we’ve fought off others to get, even the team he plays for said they didn’t expect move so soon as he’s so raw. The calibre we are targeting is excellent and where the big boys are shopping also but we don’t seem ruthless enough in getting the deal done.

Yes Veiga would be good but Tonali and Veiga is less impressive than Mac Allister and Szobsolai

Yes agreed this one was perfect defo this seasons Pacqueta but at least put out of our misery early cant think of an alternative tbh Olmo perhaps, Wirtz. Guler slightly different. Even Kvaradona is different style. It was the fact he was the right age to slot straight in and had leadership experiences etc he was right profile off the pitch too.

It’s a frustrating miss with Szob gone Maddison gone and if Guler goes, anyone else will feel a huge anti climax. Even Diaby now doesn’t have the same appeal as it did last summer.

Also if dominik had liked konates post it’s semi relevant but this way around means nothing

I understand the whole quality not quantity mantra but when you look at our squad depth it really does feel thin and that a couple of free transfers would have been useful at this stage. FFP is really going to hamstring us from accelerating so it may that this season was the first promotion season under Keegan 93/94 finishing 3rd, and this coming season will be a 1994/95 type season where after a decent start we end up falling to 6th/7th.