janpawel

In the likely event Chelsea don't make top 6 but win this I mean

Does the winner of this affect European placement / qualifications?

Do you think we'll sign another LB in the event we sign Hall for £30M?

There is something about them that isn't quite as strong as usual. I think they were defeated a bit by the summer market, didn't they want Bellingham and rice, but got kovacic and nunes? Deffo see it close this year, whereas last year's city I'd back comfortably to win this season

It kind of fucks up our left back situation, IF he doesn't come good / get used next season As of right now we've got £30m already committed to him for summers budget, if he again isn't fancied, or loaned etc. Then we're still with Burn starting, Targett back up It would seem madness to buy another LB with us having 3 and having spent £30m already in the window.... So are we at risk do Burn starting LB next season?

True, in that case I'd have loved it if we flogged Wood and bought Pedro then ?

I'd absolutely love it if FFP enabled us to get Pedro when we got Isak, both could seamlessly rotate and Pedro wouldn't mind being on the bench at first, can also cover the front 3...if only

Aye exactly, Barnes, Willock and Joelinton all out. Nothing you can do about that really

Agree with those saying we need 2 strikers and not 3, our problems seem down to - Both have been ridiculously injury prone this season Our 3rd choice happens to be our LW and player of the season so far We have no decent 18 year old to take out the Academy to give it a go

I'd rather have Saka over Foden imo Not sure how to rate Bellingham, this season he's played as good as any attacking midfielder could play, will he keep this insane rate up, or will it be seen more of a purple patch once they sign an Mbappe etc. Gonna be one of the GOATS if this is just the start and he only gets better

What type of restrictions, as in they want other people with power to have their hand in thing's alongside Ashworth, as in PIF want more of a say than Ashworth would like etc?

RITCHIE STAYING 10 MORE YEARS

Even Sunderland had a couple moments where they ran through and right at us, can't remember which player but the little / no.10 guy did a couple times

Hit the nail on the head, completely agree Thing is, if he stays, he has to be of use next season, we can't be buying another left back with him, burn and target on the books, and if he's here but still not used, then LB will once again be a weak point... Can't see the club letting this happen

Okay, in which case we get a slight FFP boost, not bad if he genuinely doesn't want to be here..but who knows for sure

Does the money we receive for him count towards FFP?? Or is it just player sales, not including non-player sales?

McDomination ~ Mcbomination

Sorry if already answered, but could the compensation they'd need to pay for him count towards FFP, or is it strictly players and not excecs that count? And presumably we could do 12 months of gardening leave like we did with Brighton so our short term plans aren't leaned to man u?

You've been told already, but this summer will be his last year of contract, why would anyone pay £60m for a Joelinton who has 1 year left?

Surely if we are after Billing as a cheap option, then surely we'd be expecting to lose 1 or 2 of our current mids? We have 7 centre mids when not injured / suspended You'd think this would be the Longstaff or Andersons of the world, or Joelinton if we don't get his contract sorted? Just can't see Billing being the answer to how we want to progress as a team, unless he is replacing someone we sell for a FPP boost

Sure it's false, but Imagine Chelsea spunking literally £350m on 3 centre mids ?

Arteta is a cnut, but seriously rate what he has done at Arsenal. Hes recruited perfectly for them, only one I'm not sure on is Havertz, but he seems to be slowly getting into his groove. They have a perfect mix of physicality and technical ability, thought they were clearly better than Liverpool the other week Makes that win over them even sweeter

Wonder what pope will be like after his surgery, there's a chance it could knock his confidence / performance. I've had 2 dislocations and the thought of jumping arm outstretched to then land on the floor would terrify me ?

Actually thinking about it we must do, otherwise why would we have bought that young lad from City ?

Maybe a stupid question, but when weve considered the likes of Hall, do we have access to data from the Chelsea academy / scouts who would have seen him play? Would we have scouts at most academies to keep tabs on young players etc? I find it hard to believe we'd commit £35m to someone based off the handful of games he played for Chelsea last season, but not seen anyone mention this kind of stuff. If he has been scouted extensively, then I'd be confident that he'd come good as we seem to have bought well so far