McCormick

Might be a long night. We look nervy as hell.

We lack composure on the ball here

We won’t have much of the ball here. Good pressure though.

Or shoulder?

Early head injury for Schar.

@KaKa

What a post . Completely agree.

Yeesh. That’s a lot. Fofana from Monaco is a similar profile that they could possibly get for around half that.

Agree with you in a way. Realistically only 1 player (arguably 2 in Barnes) has massively improved our starting xi, which is wild for an outlay of 150m. That’s short-term thinking though. It’s commendable and exciting that we’re building a squad that can compete now and in the future (without risking upsetting the harmony of the current team).

Or if he was the exact same player but playing for Brighton .

Permanent with no loan? Was (greedily) hoping we’d have a bit left over for a Todibo/Tapsoba/Andersen but it doesn’t look likely now. Still. Good news!

Can play as an 8 (lots of Chelsea fans saying that’s his best position) and a winger too. Love the versatility.

Very sensible signing if the price is all right.

Chilwell is one of the best left-backs in the world imo. If he gets anywhere near him then he’ll have done very well and the 30-35m is a no brainer. Definitely has a lot of talent though. We’ve seen with players like Lavia that if you get an underutilized youth player from a top, top academy then the upsides can be huge.

Better than Chilwell is a wild take tbf.

You don’t think so? He’s up there for me. I’d ask you to name 50 cm’s ahead of him but agreeing to disagree would just save us both some time .

Not sure why people are so down on this transfer. He’s one of the best midfielders in the Bundesliga.

Regardless of whether or not we’re overpaying here, casually throwing down 30m for an inexperienced 18 year-old is some big boy shit. Not many teams in world football can drop 70m on two young full-backs that won’t even play first-team. Quite the flex. We’re trying to secure the best young talent and are willing to pay if we think we’ve found it. Love it!

Oh okay! You liking my post and not saying anything had me spinning for a minute there .

is this aimed at me??

why does this keep being repeated? Besides maybe Isak, literally every signing came with zero surprises whatsoever.

Would be amazing if they just scrapped FFP all together leaving Chelsea with a bunch of players on 8 year contracts for no reason.

They’ll go for Tierney. I’m sure Emery was a big fan back in his Arsenal days and he usually goes for his former players.

Translation: “I won’t take a pay-cut”.

Loads of Milan fans in the comments watching our new boy in action helps, I imagine.