Jaqen

Still think he'd be available for the right price. We must have had some sort of encouragement for us to put two bids in for him. Other similar targets we've seemingly walked away from without bidding when we've been told what it would take.

I think not being happy finishing 13th is fair enough, like I mean we got 11th with Bruce in charge for half of last season and then no Trippier or Wilson for the majority of Howe's time. So that's Pope, Botman, Tripper, Wilson at least added to the starting 11 + however else we bring in and a full preseason of Howe's coaching.

Pretty much every comment here from Chelsea fans is how much they liked him and how great his effort and work rate has been. It just don't work out for them.

They have really good cover for all their attacking spots now though. They fell off quite a bit last year due to players like Antonio just being knackered playing every game. We are a couple of injuries away from a Murphy Wood and Almiron attack again.

For Maddison in particular I think going to a direct rival and taking one of their prize assets away sends a much stronger message than walking away.

Romano covers the whole of Europe he's not going to be breaking loads of stories first. He uses his sources to confirm or deny stories that other journos have released and has the best track record even if he waits longer for proper confirmation. He gives credit to local journos who've broken the stories first but he is putting work in behind the scenes and very rarely gets anything wrong.

People were arguing Botman would be crazy to sign for Milan over us on here too to be fair

I'd be surprised if he goes for under £55m this summer.

If they sell it will be closer to £60m than our bid I reckon.

"We tried"

Aye people have been claiming the Ashworth stuff for weeks now and we've seen nothing really materialise. I wish there was loads of deals going on and that are all being kept under wraps but I think it's a lot more likely we aren't really close to anyone right now. I really hope that we aren't so concerned about being 'ripped off' that we end the window underprepared though. Clubs generally don't want to sell their best players. Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and pay a bit extra.

Golf has shorter tee boxes, Volleyball has lower nets, Tennis has fewer sets. Havings slightly smaller goals isn't really dumbing down the sport. Can probably count on one hand the amount of women over 6ft I've come across in my life. There's not going to be a sudden influx of them who are capable of wanting to be professional goalkeepers. Youth boys football has the same issue. It's nothing really to do with sex. We went from 7 aside goals straight to full size mens goal at like 11 year old. You'd get people just scoring from the halfway line and all sorts of ridiculous goals going in. For a few years your just exploit short keepers and take long shots aiming high.

Still think Jonjo sitting with Bruno and Joe ahead is our strongest midfield. Be a shame if he misses the start of the season.

Ah they can probably hold out for a high fee then. Surprised there's been so little interest in Tielemans to be honest. Wonder if the top sides think he's just a bit too slow.

Is Barnes one of those with a year left on his contract?

Terrible challenge, mind

All the wingers we get linked with are quoted at £35m.

Don't think he'd have saved anyway but Pope looked like he dived in slow motion somehow.

Poor from Pope.

Rui Costa

Like how he corrected himself to Almiron then immediately called him Murphy again in the replay

Think it depends how long people watch your videos, what type of companies want to put ads on the videos, what category they fall under, what country your viewers are from, if there's swearing etc. So some beauty channel that is kid friendly will earn way more than a sports vlog channel for the same amount of views. If he's on something like £2 per 1k views he's still making decent money due to the sheer volume of videos he puts out.

Werner would be a good option for wide player that can play striker. Think he'll do well on a loan spell away from Chelsea. Doubt they fancy paying 2/3 of wages for him to come here though.

Think we'd probably offer him an extra year regardless. I think he'll play a lot more this season than people seem to think.

For a premier League team badly needing more attacking threat Almiron is never the answer.